diff --git a/test/ExecutionFramework.h b/test/ExecutionFramework.h
index a7971b810..ee8da3226 100644
--- a/test/ExecutionFramework.h
+++ b/test/ExecutionFramework.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 #include <test/RPCSession.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/EVMVersion.h>
diff --git a/test/TestHelper.cpp b/test/Options.cpp
similarity index 85%
rename from test/TestHelper.cpp
rename to test/Options.cpp
index 77fa204fb..ff4a7c988 100644
--- a/test/TestHelper.cpp
+++ b/test/Options.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 * @date 2014
 */
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/EVMVersion.h>
+#include <libsolidity/interface/Exceptions.h>
 
 #include <boost/test/framework.hpp>
 
@@ -71,6 +72,19 @@ Options::Options()
 			testPath = path;
 }
 
+void Options::validate() const
+{
+	solAssert(
+		!dev::test::Options::get().testPath.empty(),
+		"No test path specified. The --testpath argument is required."
+	);
+	if (!disableIPC)
+		solAssert(
+			!dev::test::Options::get().ipcPath.empty(),
+			"No ipc path specified. The --ipcpath argument is required, unless --no-ipc is used."
+		);
+}
+
 dev::solidity::EVMVersion Options::evmVersion() const
 {
 	if (!evmVersionString.empty())
diff --git a/test/TestHelper.h b/test/Options.h
similarity index 98%
rename from test/TestHelper.h
rename to test/Options.h
index f7b1d94c8..9bc698762 100644
--- a/test/TestHelper.h
+++ b/test/Options.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct Options: boost::noncopyable
 	bool disableIPC = false;
 	bool disableSMT = false;
 
+	void validate() const;
 	solidity::EVMVersion evmVersion() const;
 
 	static Options const& get();
diff --git a/test/RPCSession.cpp b/test/RPCSession.cpp
index 54871057f..03b1341cb 100644
--- a/test/RPCSession.cpp
+++ b/test/RPCSession.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <test/RPCSession.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/EVMVersion.h>
 
diff --git a/test/boostTest.cpp b/test/boostTest.cpp
index 8ad97db39..f16973b53 100644
--- a/test/boostTest.cpp
+++ b/test/boostTest.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 #include <test/libsolidity/SyntaxTest.h>
 
 using namespace boost::unit_test;
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[] )
 {
 	master_test_suite_t& master = framework::master_test_suite();
 	master.p_name.value = "SolidityTests";
-	solAssert(
-		!dev::test::Options::get().testPath.empty(),
-		"No test path specified. The --testpath argument is required."
-	);
+	dev::test::Options::get().validate();
 	solAssert(dev::solidity::test::SyntaxTest::registerTests(
 		master,
 		dev::test::Options::get().testPath / "libsolidity",
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/Checksum.cpp b/test/libdevcore/Checksum.cpp
index 4eedbd999..95066b69f 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/Checksum.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/Checksum.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <libdevcore/Exceptions.h>
 
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/IndentedWriter.cpp b/test/libdevcore/IndentedWriter.cpp
index a694aa1b9..916c99d09 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/IndentedWriter.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/IndentedWriter.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <libdevcore/IndentedWriter.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/JSON.cpp b/test/libdevcore/JSON.cpp
index 39d71b42b..39d958f5f 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/JSON.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/JSON.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <libdevcore/JSON.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/StringUtils.cpp b/test/libdevcore/StringUtils.cpp
index 597457cca..9ee93d02a 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <libdevcore/StringUtils.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/SwarmHash.cpp b/test/libdevcore/SwarmHash.cpp
index 1ed1da181..913586f89 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/SwarmHash.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/SwarmHash.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <libdevcore/SwarmHash.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/UTF8.cpp b/test/libdevcore/UTF8.cpp
index 719ada720..6de4570fe 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/UTF8.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/UTF8.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <libdevcore/CommonData.h>
 #include <libdevcore/UTF8.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libdevcore/Whiskers.cpp b/test/libdevcore/Whiskers.cpp
index 84149173e..b12acdd70 100644
--- a/test/libdevcore/Whiskers.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcore/Whiskers.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <libdevcore/Whiskers.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libevmasm/Optimiser.cpp b/test/libevmasm/Optimiser.cpp
index e6abcb531..f630b3048 100644
--- a/test/libevmasm/Optimiser.cpp
+++ b/test/libevmasm/Optimiser.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Tests for the Solidity optimizer.
  */
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libevmasm/CommonSubexpressionEliminator.h>
 #include <libevmasm/PeepholeOptimiser.h>
diff --git a/test/libevmasm/SourceLocation.cpp b/test/libevmasm/SourceLocation.cpp
index 6889b3e67..764da3cd6 100644
--- a/test/libevmasm/SourceLocation.cpp
+++ b/test/libevmasm/SourceLocation.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <libevmasm/SourceLocation.h>
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 namespace dev
 {
diff --git a/test/libjulia/Common.cpp b/test/libjulia/Common.cpp
index 41f5d3206..24519b015 100644
--- a/test/libjulia/Common.cpp
+++ b/test/libjulia/Common.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <test/libjulia/Common.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libjulia/optimiser/Disambiguator.h>
 
diff --git a/test/libjulia/Parser.cpp b/test/libjulia/Parser.cpp
index df905dd68..9d66658e1 100644
--- a/test/libjulia/Parser.cpp
+++ b/test/libjulia/Parser.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * Unit tests for parsing Julia.
  */
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/ErrorCheck.h>
 
diff --git a/test/liblll/Compiler.cpp b/test/liblll/Compiler.cpp
index 6c6eae3f9..ebdea1858 100644
--- a/test/liblll/Compiler.cpp
+++ b/test/liblll/Compiler.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Unit tests for the LLL compiler.
  */
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libdevcore/FixedHash.h>
 
diff --git a/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp b/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
index e5e70cf8c..fd8099f20 100644
--- a/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
+++ b/test/liblll/EndToEndTest.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <test/liblll/ExecutionFramework.h>
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/ASTJSON.cpp b/test/libsolidity/ASTJSON.cpp
index 9bf60b647..b44dd331a 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/ASTJSON.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/ASTJSON.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Tests for the json ast output.
  */
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/Exceptions.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.cpp b/test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.cpp
index 7c335a482..4538757de 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/SourceReferenceFormatter.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/Assembly.cpp b/test/libsolidity/Assembly.cpp
index aff610a48..5519ae0d9 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/Assembly.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/Assembly.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Unit tests for Assembly Items from evmasm/Assembly.h
  */
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libevmasm/SourceLocation.h>
 #include <libevmasm/Assembly.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/Imports.cpp b/test/libsolidity/Imports.cpp
index bc81b3b1c..1b5dd4a5b 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/Imports.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/Imports.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/ErrorCheck.h>
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/Exceptions.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp b/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
index a4dcc4d5f..34ca33e3c 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Unit tests for inline assembly.
  */
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/AssemblyStack.h>
 #include <libsolidity/parsing/Scanner.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/JSONCompiler.cpp b/test/libsolidity/JSONCompiler.cpp
index 285c56049..aed0a3706 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/JSONCompiler.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/JSONCompiler.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <libsolidity/interface/Version.h>
 #include <libsolc/libsolc.h>
 
-#include "../Metadata.h"
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Metadata.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/Metadata.cpp b/test/libsolidity/Metadata.cpp
index f1edeeb72..808bd1e15 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/Metadata.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/Metadata.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
  * Unit tests for the metadata output.
  */
 
-#include "../Metadata.h"
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Metadata.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
 #include <libdevcore/SwarmHash.h>
 #include <libdevcore/JSON.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SemVerMatcher.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SemVerMatcher.cpp
index 08ef5277f..07f8fba62 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SemVerMatcher.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SemVerMatcher.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <libsolidity/parsing/Scanner.h>
 #include <libsolidity/analysis/SemVerHandler.h>
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityABIJSON.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityABIJSON.cpp
index 0d471b32f..107abc26a 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityABIJSON.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityABIJSON.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Unit tests for the solidity compiler JSON Interface output.
  */
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
 
 #include <libdevcore/Exceptions.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
index 33cd1419c..195ec85b3 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/SolidityExecutionFramework.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/interface/Exceptions.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/EVMVersion.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityExpressionCompiler.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityExpressionCompiler.cpp
index 5f044b44c..c8adfc6ed 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityExpressionCompiler.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityExpressionCompiler.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <libsolidity/ast/AST.h>
 #include <libsolidity/analysis/TypeChecker.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/ErrorReporter.h>
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
index 1f76c01b5..c757037c7 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <libsolidity/ast/AST.h>
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNatspecJSON.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNatspecJSON.cpp
index 49a725e04..eeebeb745 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityNatspecJSON.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityNatspecJSON.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Unit tests for the solidity compiler JSON Interface output.
  */
 
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <libdevcore/JSON.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h>
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityParser.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityParser.cpp
index f03b30e13..4e862f608 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityParser.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityParser.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <libsolidity/parsing/Scanner.h>
 #include <libsolidity/parsing/Parser.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/ErrorReporter.h>
-#include "../TestHelper.h"
-#include "ErrorCheck.h"
+#include <test/Options.h>
+#include <test/libsolidity/ErrorCheck.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/ViewPureChecker.cpp b/test/libsolidity/ViewPureChecker.cpp
index 26ff461c6..a6ce6d917 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/ViewPureChecker.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/ViewPureChecker.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <test/libsolidity/AnalysisFramework.h>
 
-#include <test/TestHelper.h>
+#include <test/Options.h>
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>