diff --git a/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am b/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b87aa7633a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+  -I${top_srcdir} \
+  -I${top_srcdir}/src \
+  -I${top_srcdir}/src/libqof/qof \
+  -I${top_srcdir}/src/core-utils \
+  ${GUILE_INCS} \
+  ${GLIB_CFLAGS}
+
+LDADD = \
+  ../libgnc-core-utils.la \
+  ${top_builddir}/src/libqof/qof/libgnc-qof.la \
+  ${GLIB_LIBS}
+
+# these tests are ordered kind more or less in the order
+# that they should be executed, with more basic tests coming first.
+#
+TESTS = \
+  test-resolve-file-path \
+  test-resolve-url
+
+GNC_TEST_DEPS = \
+  --library-dir    ${top_builddir}/lib/libqof/qof \
+  --library-dir    ${top_builddir}/src/core-utils
+
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
+  SRCDIR=${srcdir} \
+  $(shell ${top_srcdir}/src/gnc-test-env --no-exports ${GNC_TEST_DEPS})
+
+check_PROGRAMS = \
+  test-resolve-file-path \
+  test-resolve-url
+
+
+test_link_SOURCES = test-link.c
+test_link_LDADD = ../libgnc-core-utils.la \
+  ${top_builddir}/src/libqof/qof/libgnc-qof.la
+
+EXTRA_DIST =
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -f translog.*
+
+distclean-local: clean-local
diff --git a/src/engine/test/test-resolve-file-path.c b/src/core-utils/test/test-resolve-file-path.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/engine/test/test-resolve-file-path.c
rename to src/core-utils/test/test-resolve-file-path.c
diff --git a/src/engine/test/test-resolve-url.c b/src/core-utils/test/test-resolve-url.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/engine/test/test-resolve-url.c
rename to src/core-utils/test/test-resolve-url.c
diff --git a/src/engine/test/Makefile.am b/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
index f69a733ecd..afc4dfac70 100644
--- a/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ TESTS = \
   test-querynew \
   test-query \
   test-recursive \
-  test-resolve-file-path \
-  test-resolve-url \
   test-split-vs-account  \
   test-transaction-reversal \
   test-transaction-voiding \
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
   test-query \
   test-querynew \
   test-recursive \
-  test-resolve-file-path \
-  test-resolve-url \
   test-scm-query \
   test-split-vs-account \
   test-transaction-reversal \