diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69ea0b7fd8..54505717d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 
 if (BUILD_TESTS)
+  # Turn on testing so that add_test works
+  # MUST be in the root cmake file for ctest to work 
+  include(CTest)
+  enable_testing()
   add_subdirectory(tests)
   add_subdirectory(tests-manual)
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index bc11580979..37ca85a282 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-
-# Turn on testing (so that add_test works)
-enable_testing()
-
 # add the test directories
 file(GLOB TEST_SUBDIRS RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*")
 list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_SUBDIRS "CMakeFiles" "mocha")