diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index e0ad81d6..15e1d563 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
         timeoutForSmallTests="1"
         timeoutForMediumTests="10"
         timeoutForLargeTests="60"
-        verbose="false">
+        verbose="false"
+        convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+        convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+        convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+        convertDeprecationsToExceptions="true">
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="foo">
             <directory>./tests/UnitTests/</directory>
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit_Smarty.php b/tests/PHPUnit_Smarty.php
index de4a3776..bed59818 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit_Smarty.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit_Smarty.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class PHPUnit_Smarty extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             $this->smarty->setCacheDir(__DIR__ . '/cache');
         }
 
-        $this->getSmartyObj();
+        $this->smarty->setErrorReporting(E_ALL &~ E_USER_DEPRECATED);
     }
 
     /**