diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/Legacy/SymfonyTestsListenerTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/Legacy/SymfonyTestsListenerTrait.php
index a7bfd80ede673..ee9378d140f7a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/Legacy/SymfonyTestsListenerTrait.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/Legacy/SymfonyTestsListenerTrait.php
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ public function __construct(array $mockedNamespaces = array())
         if (class_exists('PHPUnit_Util_Blacklist')) {
             \PHPUnit_Util_Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames[__CLASS__] = 2;
         } elseif (method_exists('PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist', 'addDirectory')) {
+            eval(" // PHP 5.3 compat
             (new BlackList())->getBlacklistedDirectories();
             Blacklist::addDirectory(\dirname((new \ReflectionClass(__CLASS__))->getFileName(), 2));
+            ");
         } else {
             Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames[__CLASS__] = 2;
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
index f37967ff0cf1f..41445d93ab12a 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ if (class_exists('PHPUnit_Util_Blacklist')) {
     PHPUnit_Util_Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames['SymfonyBlacklistPhpunit'] = 1;
     PHPUnit_Util_Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames['SymfonyBlacklistSimplePhpunit'] = 1;
 } elseif (method_exists('PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist', 'addDirectory')) {
+    eval(" // PHP 5.3 compat
     (new PHPUnit\Util\BlackList())->getBlacklistedDirectories();
     PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist::addDirectory(dirname((new ReflectionClass('SymfonyBlacklistPhpunit'))->getFileName()));
     PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist::addDirectory(dirname((new ReflectionClass('SymfonyBlacklistSimplePhpunit'))->getFileName()));
+    ");
 } else {
     PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames['SymfonyBlacklistPhpunit'] = 1;
     PHPUnit\Util\Blacklist::$blacklistedClassNames['SymfonyBlacklistSimplePhpunit'] = 1;