diff --git a/debian/nymea-tests.install.in b/debian/nymea-tests.install.in
index 7b9977c6..0a702348 100644
--- a/debian/nymea-tests.install.in
+++ b/debian/nymea-tests.install.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 usr/tests/* usr/lib/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@/nymea/tests
 usr/lib/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@/nymea/plugins/libnymea_devicepluginmock.so
+usr/lib/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@/libnymea-testlib.so*
diff --git a/nymea.pro b/nymea.pro
index 40ea2eec..ad164e88 100644
--- a/nymea.pro
+++ b/nymea.pro
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ INSTALLS += translations
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += lupdate lrelease
 
 test.depends = licensecheck lrelease
-test.commands = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$top_builddir/libnymea-core:$$top_builddir/libnymea make check
+test.commands = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$top_builddir/libnymea-core:$$top_builddir/libnymea:$$top_builddir/tests/testlib make check
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += test
 
 # Show doc files in project tree
diff --git a/tests/auto/auto.pro b/tests/auto/auto.pro
index e4bd38e8..df2d8ec4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/auto.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/auto.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
+
 SUBDIRS = versioning \
         devices \
         jsonrpc \
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ SUBDIRS = versioning \
         usermanager \
         mqttbroker \
         tags \
+
diff --git a/tests/auto/autotests.pri b/tests/auto/autotests.pri
index 118764ad..cf2a22d4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/autotests.pri
+++ b/tests/auto/autotests.pri
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@ CONFIG += testcase
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$top_srcdir/libnymea \
                $$top_srcdir/libnymea-core \
-               $$top_srcdir/tests/auto/
+               $$top_srcdir/tests/testlib/
 
 LIBS += -L$$top_builddir/libnymea/ -lnymea \
         -L$$top_builddir/libnymea-core/ -lnymea-core \
+        -L$$top_builddir/tests/testlib/ -lnymea-testlib \
         -L$$top_builddir/plugins/mock/ \
         -lssl -lcrypto -lavahi-common -lavahi-client -lnymea-remoteproxyclient
 
-SOURCES += ../nymeatestbase.cpp \
-
-HEADERS += ../nymeatestbase.h \
-
 target.path = /usr/tests
 INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/tests/auto/nymeatestbase.cpp b/tests/testlib/nymeatestbase.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/auto/nymeatestbase.cpp
rename to tests/testlib/nymeatestbase.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/nymeatestbase.h b/tests/testlib/nymeatestbase.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/auto/nymeatestbase.h
rename to tests/testlib/nymeatestbase.h
diff --git a/tests/testlib/testlib.pro b/tests/testlib/testlib.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c03d502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testlib/testlib.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+TEMPLATE = lib
+TARGET = nymea-testlib
+
+include(../../nymea.pri)
+
+QT += testlib network sql
+
+INCLUDEPATH += $$top_srcdir/libnymea \
+               $$top_srcdir/libnymea-core
+
+LIBS += -L$$top_builddir/libnymea/ -lnymea \
+        -L$$top_builddir/libnymea-core/ -lnymea-core \
+        -lssl -lcrypto -lnymea-remoteproxyclient
+
+HEADERS += nymeatestbase.h
+SOURCES += nymeatestbase.cpp
+
+target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]
+INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/tests/tests.pro b/tests/tests.pro
index 06c1e4b4..db50a6ec 100644
--- a/tests/tests.pro
+++ b/tests/tests.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 
-SUBDIRS = auto tools/simplepushbuttonhandler
+SUBDIRS = testlib auto tools/simplepushbuttonhandler
+
+auto.depends += testlib