diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1276790c..1b25b0f60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ env:
     - TARGET_OS=win64
 before_install:
     - if [ $TARGET_OS != linux ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tobydox/mingw -y; fi
+    # Travis only has CMake 2.8.7, we need >=2.8.8:
+    - if [ $TARGET_OS == linux ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kalakris/cmake -y; fi
     - sudo apt-get update -qq
+    - if [ $TARGET_OS == linux ]; then sudo apt-get install -y cmake; fi
 install:
     - if [ $TARGET_OS != linux ]; then sudo apt-get install -y nsis cloog-isl libmpc2 mingw32; fi
     - if [ $TARGET_OS != linux ]; then sudo apt-get install -y mingw32-x-qt mingw32-x-sdl mingw32-x-libvorbis mingw32-x-fluidsynth mingw32-x-stk mingw32-x-glib2 mingw32-x-portaudio mingw32-x-libsndfile mingw32-x-fftw mingw32-x-flac mingw32-x-fltk mingw32-x-libsamplerate mingw32-x-pkgconfig mingw32-x-binutils mingw32-x-gcc mingw32-x-runtime mingw32-x-libgig; fi
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e739f36aa..d0f8760a1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,17 +64,32 @@ ENDIF()
 # Enable C++11
 ADD_DEFINITIONS("-std=c++0x")
 
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(lmms
-	core/main.cpp
-	${LMMS_SRCS}
-	${LMMS_INCLUDES}
-	${LMMS_UI_OUT}
-	${LMMS_ER_H}
-	"${WINRC}"
-)
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(lmms PROPERTIES
-	ENABLE_EXPORTS ON
-)
+# ADD_LIBRARY's OBJECT is only supported in CMake >=2.8.8
+IF(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2 OR
+   CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 8 OR
+   CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION GREATER 7)
+
+	ADD_LIBRARY(lmmsobjs OBJECT
+		${LMMS_SRCS}
+		${LMMS_INCLUDES}
+		${LMMS_UI_OUT}
+		${LMMS_ER_H}
+	)
+	ADD_EXECUTABLE(lmms
+		core/main.cpp
+		$<TARGET_OBJECTS:lmmsobjs>
+		"${WINRC}"
+	)
+ELSE()
+	ADD_EXECUTABLE(lmms
+		core/main.cpp
+		${LMMS_SRCS}
+		${LMMS_INCLUDES}
+		${LMMS_UI_OUT}
+		${LMMS_ER_H}
+		"${WINRC}"
+	)
+ENDIF()
 
 SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${LMMS_ER_H} ${LMMS_UI_OUT} lmmsconfig.h lmms.1.gz")
 
@@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 	SET(EXTRA_LIBRARIES "-lwinmm")
 ENDIF()
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms
+SET(LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS
 	${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 	${QT_LIBRARIES}
 	${ASOUND_LIBRARY}
@@ -95,6 +110,12 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms
 	${SNDFILE_LIBRARIES}
 	${EXTRA_LIBRARIES}
 )
+# Expose required libs for tests binary
+SET(LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms
+	${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS}
+)
 
 IF(QT5)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms
@@ -138,6 +159,7 @@ ENDFOREACH(_item ${qm_targets})
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 	SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(lmms PROPERTIES
 		LINK_FLAGS "${LINK_FLAGS} -mwindows"
+		ENABLE_EXPORTS ON
 	)
 	ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET lmms POST_BUILD COMMAND "${STRIP}" "$<TARGET_FILE:lmms>")
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index f74c5a4b2..612e8639f 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
+IF(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION LESS 2 OR
+   CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION LESS 8 OR
+   CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION LESS 8)
+	MESSAGE("-- Unit tests are only available in CMake >=2.8.8. You have ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
+	RETURN()
+ENDIF()
+
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --std=c++0x")
 
@@ -10,6 +18,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(tests
 	EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 	main.cpp
 	QTestSuite
+
+	$<TARGET_OBJECTS:lmmsobjs>
 )
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${QT_QTTEST_LIBRARY})
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests lmms)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tests ${LMMS_REQUIRED_LIBS})