diff --git a/.busted b/.busted
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4060aba3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.busted
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+return {
+    default = {
+        verbose = true,
+        helper = "spec/preload.lua",
+        lpath = "lib/?.lua;lib/?/init.lua;spec/?.lua",
+    },
+}
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ea83815b..91df3dd69 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ a_find_program(BUSTED_EXECUTABLE busted FALSE)
 if(BUSTED_EXECUTABLE)
     # Keep the arguments in sync with the version below!
     add_custom_target(check-unit
-        ${BUSTED_EXECUTABLE} "--helper=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/spec/preload.lua"
-        "--lpath=lib/?.lua;lib/?/init.lua;spec/?.lua"
+        ${BUSTED_EXECUTABLE}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
         COMMENT "Running unit tests"
         VERBATIM)
@@ -421,9 +420,7 @@ if(BUSTED_EXECUTABLE)
 
     # Same as above, but with --coverage argument
     add_custom_target(check-unit-coverage
-        ${BUSTED_EXECUTABLE} "--helper=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/spec/preload.lua"
-        "--lpath=lib/?.lua;lib/?/init.lua;spec/?.lua"
-        "--coverage"
+        ${BUSTED_EXECUTABLE} "--coverage"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
         COMMENT "Running unit tests under LuaCov"
         VERBATIM)