diff --git a/tests/wscript b/tests/wscript
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fb0e428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wscript
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+test_programs = {
+    'synchroClient': ['testSynchroClient.cpp'],
+    'synchroServer': ['testSynchroServer.cpp'],
+    'synchroServerClient': ['testSynchroServerClient.cpp'],
+    'testSem': ['testSem.cpp'],
+    'jack_test': ['jack_test.cpp'],
+    }
+
+def build(bld):
+    for test_program, test_program_sources in test_programs.items():
+        prog = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'program')
+        prog.features.append('cc')
+        prog.includes = ['../common/jack', '../common']
+        prog.source = test_program_sources
+        prog.uselib = 'RT'
+        prog.uselib_local = 'clientlib'
+        prog.target = test_program
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index aad4c8ac..c9764090 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ def build(bld):
     if bld.env()['BUILD_JACKDBUS'] == True:
         bld.add_subdirs('linux/dbus')
     bld.add_subdirs('example-clients')
+    bld.add_subdirs('tests')