diff --git a/core/CliMulti.php b/core/CliMulti.php
index 270274c0b2e1d1be85ab7f1f5259de4b85b0283c..e88b24311e8259a95c45a2847679bba1b8972343 100644
--- a/core/CliMulti.php
+++ b/core/CliMulti.php
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ class CliMulti {
     {
         $this->processes[] = new Process($cmdId);
 
+        $url     = $this->appendTestmodeParamToUrlIfNeeded($url);
         $query   = Url::getQueryFromUrl($url, array('pid' => $cmdId));
         $command = $this->buildCommand($query, $output->getPathToFile());
 
@@ -232,4 +233,17 @@ class CliMulti {
             $output->write($message);
         }
     }
+
+    private function appendTestmodeParamToUrlIfNeeded($url)
+    {
+        $isTestMode = $url && false !== strpos($url, 'tests/PHPUnit/proxy');
+
+        if ($isTestMode && false === strpos($url, '?')) {
+            $url .= "?testmode=1";
+        } elseif ($isTestMode) {
+            $url .= "&testmode=1";
+        }
+
+        return $url;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/CliMulti/RequestCommand.php b/core/CliMulti/RequestCommand.php
index 70556f68174f0076d92a55193d7958835603af7a..2a5a567bf42832e6c591c0bb340000b2b6e51be7 100644
--- a/core/CliMulti/RequestCommand.php
+++ b/core/CliMulti/RequestCommand.php
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class RequestCommand extends ConsoleCommand
 
         if ($this->isTestModeEnabled()) {
             Config::getInstance()->setTestEnvironment();
+            $indexFile = '/tests/PHPUnit/proxy/index.php';
+        } else {
+            $indexFile = '/index.php';
         }
 
         if (!empty($_GET['pid'])) {
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ class RequestCommand extends ConsoleCommand
 
         Common::$isCliMode = false;
 
-        require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . "/index.php";
+        require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . $indexFile;
 
         if (!empty($process)) {
             $process->finishProcess();
diff --git a/core/CronArchive.php b/core/CronArchive.php
index 0d2d298cc7b0faa81305ca5523e69e202962cbec..b28132cf53a30be1968f33085bb052bb2dc7c68a 100644
--- a/core/CronArchive.php
+++ b/core/CronArchive.php
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ Notes:
             }
 
             // ensure there is a trailing slash
-            if ($piwikUrl[strlen($piwikUrl) - 1] != '/') {
+            if ($piwikUrl[strlen($piwikUrl) - 1] != '/' && !Common::stringEndsWith($piwikUrl, 'index.php')) {
                 $piwikUrl .= '/';
             }
         }
@@ -860,7 +860,12 @@ Notes:
         if (Config::getInstance()->General['force_ssl'] == 1) {
             $piwikUrl = str_replace('http://', 'https://', $piwikUrl);
         }
-        $this->piwikUrl = $piwikUrl . "index.php";
+
+        if (!Common::stringEndsWith($piwikUrl, 'index.php')) {
+            $piwikUrl .= 'index.php';
+        }
+
+        $this->piwikUrl = $piwikUrl;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1086,5 +1091,6 @@ Notes:
         $this->logFatalError("archive.php expects the argument --url to be set to your Piwik URL, for example: --url=http://example.org/piwik/ "
             . "\n--help for more information", $backtrace = false);
     }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/core/Tracker.php b/core/Tracker.php
index 46e1f68d3609923a93bf63c9bb196d61e1983943..507190d089d0b8d0af938d7b3ec30f9bb12cb112 100644
--- a/core/Tracker.php
+++ b/core/Tracker.php
@@ -732,8 +732,10 @@ class Tracker
         if (is_null($args)) {
             $args = $_GET + $_POST;
         }
-        if (is_null($requestMethod)) {
+        if (is_null($requestMethod) && array_key_exists('REQUEST_METHOD', $_SERVER)) {
             $requestMethod = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
+        } else if (is_null($requestMethod)) {
+            $requestMethod = 'GET';
         }
 
         // Do not run scheduled tasks during tests
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/ArchiveCronTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/ArchiveCronTest.php
index 52ad9e2b9fdf93df34ee7993e2af9d0c3049dba8..91e2353c7ec8f2cd13c096819f9b05ba20e54f77 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/ArchiveCronTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/ArchiveCronTest.php
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class Test_Piwik_Integration_ArchiveCronTest extends IntegrationTestCase
 
         foreach ($this->getApiForTesting() as $testInfo) {
 
-
             list($api, $params) = $testInfo;
 
             if (!isset($params['testSuffix'])) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/proxy/includes.php b/tests/PHPUnit/proxy/includes.php
index 99f41cf1dcd7d7ca1c8b08d0af1ccff3cde0b224..dfe8796174a361ff1564c2beef6dd91fe52b054f 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/proxy/includes.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/proxy/includes.php
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 
 // Good old test proxy endpoints have some commons
 
-define('PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/../../../');
-define('PIWIK_USER_PATH', PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH);
-define('PIWIK_PRINT_ERROR_BACKTRACE', true);
+if (!defined('PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
+    define('PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/../../../');
+}
+if (!defined('PIWIK_USER_PATH')) {
+    define('PIWIK_USER_PATH', PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH);
+}
+
+if (!defined('PIWIK_PRINT_ERROR_BACKTRACE')) {
+    define('PIWIK_PRINT_ERROR_BACKTRACE', true);
+}
 
 require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/core/Loader.php';
 require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/core/EventDispatcher.php';