diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a0acbcc5..6bbf87095 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ set_target_properties(drjit-core PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELWITH
 set_target_properties(drjit-core PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_DEBUG          FALSE)
 
 if (DRJIT_ENABLE_TESTS)
+  include(CTest)
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index abebe8ee1..1aa5e5f46 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-enable_testing()
-
 set(TEST_FILES basics.cpp mem.cpp graphviz.cpp vcall.cpp loop.cpp reductions.cpp)
 
 foreach (TEST_FILE ${TEST_FILES})