diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/AbstractEnversTest.java b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/AbstractEnversTest.java
index 798d56f909..b5d2b479a5 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/AbstractEnversTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/AbstractEnversTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Adam Warski (adam at warski dot org)
  */
 @RunWith(EnversRunner.class)
-public class AbstractEnversTest {
+public abstract class AbstractEnversTest {
     private String auditStrategy;
 
     @Parameterized.Parameters
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d49c289a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#
+# Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+# indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+# statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+# distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+# copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+# Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+#
+
+# The CustomTestRunner needs this to instantiate a dialect
+
+hibernate.dialect org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
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