diff --git a/cmake/modules/MakeLink.cmake b/cmake/modules/MakeLink.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/MakeLink.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+include(SanitizeHelper)
+function(make_link file)
+	set(src "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file}")
+	set(dest "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${file}")
+
+	# Create the target directory and parents if needed.
+	get_filename_component(dest_dir "${dest}" DIRECTORY)
+	file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${dest_dir}")
+
+	add_custom_command(
+		OUTPUT "${dest}"
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${src}" "${dest}"
+		COMMENT "link ${file}"
+		MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${src}"
+	)
+	# Add a phony target to make sure the files are linked by default.
+	sanitize_target_name("link-" "${file}" NAME)
+	add_custom_target(${NAME} ALL DEPENDS "${dest}")
+
+	foreach(PARENT_TARGET ${ARGN})
+		if(TARGET ${PARENT_TARGET})
+			add_dependencies(${PARENT_TARGET} ${NAME})
+		endif()
+	endforeach()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,32 +13,7 @@
 ###
 # Setup symlinks for testing
 ###
-include(SanitizeHelper)
-function(make_link file)
-	set(src "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file}")
-	set(dest "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${file}")
-
-	# Create the target directory and parents if needed.
-	get_filename_component(dest_dir "${dest}" DIRECTORY)
-	file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${dest_dir}")
-
-	add_custom_command(
-		OUTPUT "${dest}"
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${src}" "${dest}"
-		COMMENT "link ${file}"
-		MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${src}"
-	)
-	# Add a phony target to make sure the files are linked by default.
-	sanitize_target_name("link-" "${file}" NAME)
-	add_custom_target(${NAME} ALL DEPENDS "${dest}")
-
-	foreach(PARENT_TARGET ${ARGN})
-		if(TARGET ${PARENT_TARGET})
-			add_dependencies(${PARENT_TARGET} ${NAME})
-		endif()
-	endforeach()
-endfunction()
-
+include(MakeLink)
 make_link(functional/test_runner.py)
 make_link(util/bitcoin-util-test.py)
 make_link(util/rpcauth-test.py)