diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/app/TestIPDL.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/app/TestIPDL.cpp	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsXULAppAPI.h"
+
+#if defined(XP_WIN)
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "nsWindowsWMain.cpp"
+#endif
+
+int
+main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    // the first argument specifies which IPDL test case/suite to load
+    if (argc < 2)
+        return 1;
+
+    return XRE_RunIPDLTest(argc, argv);
+}