diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cca81830..23eb2a432 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ if(ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT)
     set(libs ${libs} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 endif(ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT)
 
+find_package(Perl)
+if(NOT PERL_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot build test suites without Perl")
+endif()
+
 function(add_test_suite suite_name)
     if(ARGV1)
         set(data_name ${ARGV1})
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ function(add_test_suite suite_name)
 
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT test_suite_${data_name}.c
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/generate_code.pl ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/suites test_suite_${suite_name} test_suite_${data_name}
+        COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/generate_code.pl ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/suites test_suite_${suite_name} test_suite_${data_name}
         DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/generate_code.pl mbedtls suites/helpers.function suites/main_test.function suites/test_suite_${suite_name}.function suites/test_suite_${data_name}.data
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/helpers.function b/tests/suites/helpers.function
index cc9ab7c42..8521b878c 100644
--- a/tests/suites/helpers.function
+++ b/tests/suites/helpers.function
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #include <basetsd.h>
 typedef UINT32 uint32_t;
+#define strncasecmp _strnicmp
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #else
 #include <stdint.h>
 #endif