diff --git a/headers/tools/cppunit/ThreadedTestCaller.h b/headers/tools/cppunit/ThreadedTestCaller.h
index 090c77ae3f..daee1a1151 100644
--- a/headers/tools/cppunit/ThreadedTestCaller.h
+++ b/headers/tools/cppunit/ThreadedTestCaller.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
 	BThreadedTestCaller(std::string name, TestClass *object);	
 	virtual ~BThreadedTestCaller();
 	
+    virtual CppUnit::TestResult *run();
     virtual void run(CppUnit::TestResult *result);
 
 	//! Adds a thread to the test. \c threadName must be unique to this BThreadedTestCaller.
@@ -97,6 +98,14 @@ BThreadedTestCaller<TestClass, ExpectedException>::addThread(std::string threadN
 	}
 }
 
+template <class TestClass, class ExpectedException>
+CppUnit::TestResult *
+BThreadedTestCaller<TestClass, ExpectedException>::run() {
+	CppUnit::TestResult *result = new CppUnit::TestResult;
+	run(result);
+	return result;
+}
+
 template <class TestClass, class ExpectedException>
 void
 BThreadedTestCaller<TestClass, ExpectedException>::run(CppUnit::TestResult *result) {
diff --git a/headers/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.h b/headers/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.h
index 0e3937633f..0453ed8627 100644
--- a/headers/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.h
+++ b/headers/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class CPPUNIT_API TextTestResult : public TestResult,
 public:
   TextTestResult();
 
+  virtual void addFailure( Test *test, Exception *e );
   virtual void addFailure( const TestFailure &failure );
   virtual void startTest( Test *test );
   virtual void print( std::ostream &stream );
diff --git a/src/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.cpp b/src/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.cpp
index a8483b72b8..1fdc55a188 100644
--- a/src/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/cppunit/cppunit/TextTestResult.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ TextTestResult::TextTestResult()
 }
 
 
+void 
+TextTestResult::addFailure( Test *test, Exception *e )
+{
+	TestResult::addFailure( test, e );
+}
+
+
 void 
 TextTestResult::addFailure( const TestFailure &failure )
 {