diff --git a/src/Weave.jl b/src/Weave.jl
index 39871f0..2b354f5 100644
--- a/src/Weave.jl
+++ b/src/Weave.jl
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function __init__()
     @require Gadfly = "c91e804a-d5a3-530f-b6f0-dfbca275c004" include("gadfly.jl")
 end
 
+# utilitity functions
 @static @isdefined(isnothing) || begin
     isnothing(::Any) = false
     isnothing(::Nothing) = true
diff --git a/test/test_chunk_options.jl b/test/test_chunk_options.jl
index 2142c56..244608f 100644
--- a/test/test_chunk_options.jl
+++ b/test/test_chunk_options.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using Weave: parse_options, parse_markdown
 
 
+@static @isdefined(hasproperty) || (hasproperty(x, s::Symbol) = s in propertynames(x))
+
 @testset "`parse_options`" begin
 
 # general