diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..494fdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_tests
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./src/tests/run_tests.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tests/run_tests.sh b/src/tests/run_tests.sh
index 50d2dd0..90664e0 100755
--- a/src/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/src/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+cd $DIR
 python -m unittest -v audiofile_tests