diff --git a/sys-process/task-spooler/task-spooler-1.3.0.ebuild b/sys-process/task-spooler/task-spooler-1.3.0.ebuild
index 792ee71e1d..cbda27c747 100644
--- a/sys-process/task-spooler/task-spooler-1.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/task-spooler/task-spooler-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_test() {
+	cp ${BUILD_DIR}/ts ${S}/ || die "failed to copy ts executable to source folder for tests"
 	sh testbench.sh || die "tests failed"
 }