diff --git a/test/ItopTestCase.php b/test/ItopTestCase.php
index d4cc07121..d527471d3 100644
--- a/test/ItopTestCase.php
+++ b/test/ItopTestCase.php
@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ class ItopTestCase extends TestCase
     protected function setUp()
 	{
 		@include_once '../approot.inc.php';
-        @include_once '../../approot.inc.php';
+		@include_once '../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../../../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../../../../../approot.inc.php';
 		@include_once '../../../../../../../../approot.inc.php';
+		@include_once getcwd().'/approot.inc.php'; // this is when launching phpunit from within the IDE
 
-        $this->debug("\n----------\n---------- ".$this->getName()."\n----------\n");
+		$this->debug("\n----------\n---------- ".$this->getName()."\n----------\n");
 	}
 
 	protected function debug($sMsg)