diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/qobject.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/qobject.pro
index 0f86408fc9..6a7cf07f51 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/qobject.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/qobject.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
-SUBDIRS = signalbug
-tst_qobject.pro.depends = $$SUBDIRS
-SUBDIRS += tst_qobject.pro
+CONFIG += ordered
+
+SUBDIRS += \
+    signalbug \
+    test
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/test/test.pro
similarity index 79%
rename from tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.pro
rename to tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/test/test.pro
index 30fd810a2e..9443b2e2c7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/test/test.pro
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 CONFIG += testcase console
-TARGET = tst_qobject
+TARGET = ../tst_qobject
 QT = core-private network testlib
-SOURCES = tst_qobject.cpp
+SOURCES = ../tst_qobject.cpp
 
 # this is here for a reason, moc_oldnormalizedobject.cpp is not auto-generated, it was generated by
 # moc from Qt 4.6, and should *not* be generated by the current moc
-SOURCES += moc_oldnormalizeobject.cpp
+SOURCES += ../moc_oldnormalizeobject.cpp
 
 load(testcase) # for target.path and installTestHelperApp()
 installTestHelperApp("signalbug/signalbug",signalbug,signalbug)