diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/.project b/cpp/ql/test/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dbe9983f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>semmlecode-cpp-tests</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>com.semmle.plugin.qdt.core.qlnature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/.qlpath b/cpp/ql/test/.qlpath
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index 00000000000..33f89dc5bc8
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+++ b/cpp/ql/test/.qlpath
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<ns2:qlpath xmlns:ns2="https://semmle.com/schemas/qlpath">
+    <librarypath>
+        <path kind="WORKSPACE">/semmlecode-cpp-queries</path>
+    </librarypath>
+    <dbscheme kind="WORKSPACE">/semmlecode-cpp-queries/semmlecode.cpp.dbscheme</dbscheme>
+    <defaultImports>
+        <defaultImport>cpp</defaultImport>
+    </defaultImports>
+</ns2:qlpath>