Here are some tips if you need to run the Qt Quick Controls auto tests. - Testplugin Some autotests require the test plugin under testplugin/QtQuickControlsTests. The test plugin is not installed (i.e. to the qml folder), so in order for the tst_controls to find it, you can either: - Run make check in the controls folder. The plugin will be found at run time because IMPORTPATH is defined in the pro file. - In Qt Creator run settings or in the console, set QML2_IMPORT_PATH macro to the testplugin path. At run time QML2_IMPORT_PATH is used by by qmlscene to find imports required. i.e: export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/tests/auto/testplugin - Use the -import command-line option: $ cd build/qt5/qtquickcontrols/tests/auto/controls $ ./tst_controls -import ../testplugin - Running specific tests: i) It is possible to run a single file using the -input option. For example: $ ./tst_controls -input data/test.qml $ ./tst_controls -input /test.qml Specifying the full path to the qml test file is for example needed for shadow builds. ii) The -functions command-line option will return a list of the current tests functions. It is possible to run a single test function using the name of the test function as an argument. For example: tst_controls Test_Name::function1