diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 34dd79c3558..dfa0b7060ae 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@
     <testsuite name="core_adminpresets_testsuite">
       <directory suffix="_test.php">admin/presets/tests</directory>
     </testsuite>
+    <testsuite name="core_admin_testsuite">
+      <directory suffix="_test.php">admin/tests</directory>
+    </testsuite>
 
     <!--Plugin suites: use admin/tool/phpunit/cli/util.php to build phpunit.xml from
         phpunit.xml.dist with up-to-date list of plugins in current install-->