diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/AstStructureTests.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/AstStructureTests.cs
index 5e4a7bc48c..f22c9ac470 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/AstStructureTests.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/AstStructureTests.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp
 			foreach (Type type in typeof(AstNode).Assembly.GetExportedTypes()) {
 				if (type == typeof(CSharpModifierToken)) // CSharpModifierToken is the exception (though I'm not too happy about that)
 					continue;
-				if (type == typeof(PreProcessorDirective)) // another exception - is it useful or not ?
+				if (typeof(PreProcessorDirective).IsAssignableFrom (type)) // another exception - is it useful or not ?
 					continue;
 				if (type.IsSubclassOf(typeof(AstNode))) {
 					Assert.IsTrue(type.BaseType.IsAbstract, type.FullName);