diff --git a/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/EmptyBinaryTest.class b/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/EmptyBinaryTest.class
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7314adf3
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/EmptyBinaryTest.class differ
diff --git a/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/README b/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/README
index 35d172d8..18583ab0 100644
--- a/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/README
+++ b/tests/testprojects/org.pitest.pitclipse.testprojects.nonjava/binarytests/README
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-This contains an empty test file in binary shape
\ No newline at end of file
+This contains an empty test file in binary shape.
+
+The .class file contained here MUST be part of the Git repository, so it has been added with
+
+git add -f
\ No newline at end of file