diff --git a/src/test/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp b/src/test/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 334d476c3..000000000
--- a/src/test/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2014 - 2021 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#include "base/Path.h"
-#include <fstream>
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-const std::string testDir = "tmp/test";
-const std::wstring testDirW = L"tmp/test";
-
-TEST(PathTests, open_file_using_path)
-{
-  std::string utf8FileName = testDir + "/тіás.txt";
-#if SYSAPI_WIN32
-  // Windows uses UTF-16 for file path and names
-  std::wstring fileName = testDirW + L"/\x0442\x0456\x00E1\x0073\x002E\x0074\x0078\x0074";
-#else
-  std::string fileName = utf8FileName;
-#endif
-
-  std::fstream file(fileName, std::fstream::out);
-  file << "test";
-  file.close();
-
-  std::ifstream inFile(deskflow::filesystem::path(utf8FileName));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(inFile.is_open());
-}
diff --git a/src/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index aacb012b0..11f5849f3 100644
--- a/src/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enable_testing()
 find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Test)
 
 add_subdirectory(arch)
+add_subdirectory(base)
 add_subdirectory(common)
 add_subdirectory(deskflow)
 add_subdirectory(gui)
diff --git a/src/unittests/base/CMakeLists.txt b/src/unittests/base/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e65fab1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unittests/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Deskflow Developers
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+create_test(
+  NAME PathTests
+  DEPENDS base
+  LIBS arch
+  SOURCE PathTests.cpp
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/lib/base"
+)
diff --git a/src/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp b/src/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2e278de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Chris Rizzitello <sithlord48@gmail.com>
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2014 - 2021 Symless Ltd.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
+ */
+
+#include "PathTests.h"
+
+#include "../../lib/base/Path.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+
+void PathTests::initTestCase()
+{
+  QDir dir;
+  QVERIFY(dir.mkpath("tmp/test"));
+}
+
+void PathTests::testOpen()
+{
+  const QString filePath = QStringLiteral("tmp/test/тіás.txt");
+  QFile file(filePath);
+
+  QVERIFY(file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly));
+  QVERIFY(file.write("test", 4));
+
+  file.close();
+  QVERIFY(!file.isOpen());
+
+  std::ifstream inFile(deskflow::filesystem::path(filePath.toStdString()));
+  QVERIFY(inFile.is_open());
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(PathTests)
diff --git a/src/unittests/base/PathTests.h b/src/unittests/base/PathTests.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6184ed9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unittests/base/PathTests.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Chris Rizzitello <sithlord48@gmail.com>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
+ */
+
+#include <QTest>
+
+class PathTests : public QObject
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+  void initTestCase();
+  void testOpen();
+};