diff --git a/tests/helper.inc.php b/tests/helper.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91be6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helper.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+class Test {
+    const TEST_URL = 'https://127.0.0.1/php-curl-class/tests/server.php';
+
+    function __construct() {
+        $this->curl = new Curl();
+        $this->curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
+        $this->curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE);
+    }
+
+    function server($request_method, $data='') {
+        $request_method = strtolower($request_method);
+        $this->curl->$request_method(self::TEST_URL, $data);
+        return $this->curl->response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/run.php b/tests/run.php
index 1262ba1..cb8afcd 100644
--- a/tests/run.php
+++ b/tests/run.php
@@ -2,24 +2,9 @@
 // Usage: phpunit --verbose run.php
 
 require '../Curl.class.php';
+require 'helper.inc.php';
 
 
-class Test {
-    const TEST_URL = 'https://127.0.0.1/php-curl-class/tests/server.php';
-
-    function __construct() {
-        $this->curl = new Curl();
-        $this->curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
-        $this->curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE);
-    }
-
-    function server($request_method, $data='') {
-        $request_method = strtolower($request_method);
-        $this->curl->$request_method(self::TEST_URL, $data);
-        return $this->curl->response;
-    }
-}
-
 class CurlTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
     public function testExtensionLoaded() {
         $this->assertTrue(extension_loaded('curl'));