diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 45c90f03b..99a21835f 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ ei_add_test(regression)
 ei_add_test(stdvector)
 ei_add_test(resize)
 if(QT4_FOUND)
+  if(QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+    set(QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+  else(QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+    set(QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+  endif(QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
   ei_add_test(qtvector " " ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY})
 endif(QT4_FOUND)
 ei_add_test(sparse_vector)