diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
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+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
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+<?php
+
+global $RUNTIME_NOAPPS;
+$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
+
+define('PHPUNIT_RUN', 1);
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/../../../lib/base.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if(!class_exists('PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase')) {
+	require_once('PHPUnit/Autoload.php');
+}
+
+OC_Hook::clear();
+OC_Log::$enabled = false;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit.xml b/tests/phpunit.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<phpunit bootstrap="bootstrap.php"
+		 strict="true"
+		 verbose="true"
+		 timeoutForSmallTests="900"
+		 timeoutForMediumTests="900"
+		 timeoutForLargeTests="900"
+		>
+	<testsuite name='ownCloud - Documents App Tests'>
+		<directory suffix='test.php'>.</directory>
+	</testsuite>
+	<!-- filters for code coverage -->
+	<filter>
+		<whitelist>
+			<directory suffix=".php">../../mail</directory>
+			<exclude>
+				<directory suffix=".php">../../documents/l10n</directory>
+				<directory suffix=".php">../../documents/tests</directory>
+			</exclude>
+		</whitelist>
+	</filter>
+	<logging>
+		<!-- and this is where your report will be written -->
+		<log type="coverage-clover" target="./clover.xml"/>
+	</logging>
+</phpunit>
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