diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b306170c..178adff9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ SET(POLYVOX_VERSION "${POLYVOX_VERSION_MAJOR}.${POLYVOX_VERSION_MINOR}.${POLYVOX
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 
+# Qt is required for building the tests and optionally for bundling the documentation
+FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 COMPONENTS QtCore QtTest REQUIRED)
+INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
+
 IF(WIN32)
 	#These are used on Windows to ensure that the .exe's and .dll get placed in the ame directory, so that we can run them. 
 	#Note they are actually deprecated in favour of 'RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY' et al, but these replacements apparently don't
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 37fbb17b..3ebcd11d 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ MACRO(CREATE_TEST headerfile sourcefile executablename)
 	ENDIF(WIN32)
 ENDMACRO(CREATE_TEST)
 
-# Find the QTestLib stuff
-FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 COMPONENTS QtCore QtTest REQUIRED)
-INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
-
 IF(NOT QT_QTTEST_FOUND)
 	MESSAGE(STATUS "QtTest not found. Either install it or disable tests by setting BUILD_TESTING to OFF")
 ENDIF()