diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a78e63fa25847..99a90201da097 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ project("Bitcoin Core"
   LANGUAGES CXX ASM
 )
 
+set(PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "false")
 set(COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2023")
 set(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS "The %s developers")
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
+add_subdirectory(test)
 
 message("\n")
 message("Configure summary")
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63423810892b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+function(create_test_config)
+  set(abs_top_srcdir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  set(abs_top_builddir ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+  set(EXEEXT ${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+
+  macro(set_configure_variable var conf_var)
+    if(${var})
+      set(${conf_var}_TRUE "")
+    else()
+      set(${conf_var}_TRUE "#")
+    endif()
+  endmacro()
+
+  set_configure_variable(ENABLE_WALLET ENABLE_WALLET)
+  set_configure_variable(WITH_SQLITE USE_SQLITE)
+  set_configure_variable(WITH_BDB USE_BDB)
+  set_configure_variable(BUILD_CLI BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI)
+  set_configure_variable(BUILD_UTIL BUILD_BITCOIN_UTIL)
+  set_configure_variable(BUILD_WALLET_TOOL BUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET)
+  set_configure_variable(BUILD_DAEMON BUILD_BITCOIND_TRUE)
+  set_configure_variable(WITH_ZMQ ENABLE_ZMQ)
+  set_configure_variable(ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER)
+  set_configure_variable(USE_SYSCALL_SANDBOX ENABLE_SYSCALL_SANDBOX)
+  set_configure_variable(ENABLE_TRACING ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS)
+
+  configure_file(config.ini.in config.ini @ONLY)
+endfunction()
+
+create_test_config()
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/functional)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fuzz)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/util)
+
+function(create_test_script script)
+  if(MSVC)
+    file(CREATE_LINK ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script} COPY_ON_ERROR)
+  elseif(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.14)
+    file(CREATE_LINK ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script} COPY_ON_ERROR SYMBOLIC)
+  else()
+    file(REMOVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script})
+    execute_process(COMMAND ln -s ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+foreach(script functional/test_runner.py fuzz/test_runner.py util/rpcauth-test.py util/test_runner.py)
+  create_test_script(${script})
+endforeach()