diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/Filter/FilterTest.php b/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/Filter/FilterTest.php
index aa730d13..92a796f5 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/Filter/FilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/Filter/FilterTest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class FilterTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
     public $loadSmartyBC = true;
     public function setUp()
     {
-        $this->setUpSmarty(__DIR__);
+        $this->setUpSmarty(dirname(__FILE__));
     }
 
     public function testInit()
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ class FilterTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
      */
     public function testRegisteredPreFilterClosure()
     {
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2', '<=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('closure not available');
+        }
         $this->smarty->registerFilter(Smarty::FILTER_PRE, function($input) {return '{$foo}' . $input;});
         $tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('eval:{" hello world"}');
         $tpl->assign('foo', 'buh');