diff --git a/tests/auto/maketestselftest/tst_maketestselftest.cpp b/tests/auto/maketestselftest/tst_maketestselftest.cpp
index 8ed8cb88d02..9fbfd5a2c65 100644
--- a/tests/auto/maketestselftest/tst_maketestselftest.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/maketestselftest/tst_maketestselftest.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ void tst_MakeTestSelfTest::tests_pro_files_data()
 
     foreach (const QString& subdir, subdirs) {
         if (subdir == QString::fromLatin1("tmp")
-            || subdir.startsWith("."))
+            || subdir.startsWith(".")
+            || !dir.exists(subdir + "/" + subdir + ".pro"))
         {
             continue;
         }