Here the short sample how-to use Google C++ Test Framework in cmakeable projects 1. Google test will be downloaded from GitHub and built with your project How to use: 1. git clone https://github.com/snikulov/google-test-examples.git 2. cd google-test-examples 3. mkdir build 4. cd build 5. cmake .. 6. cmake --build . 7. ctest -VV Known issues: - Google Test (master branch) was broken for MinGW (see google/googletest#606) As workaround we'll use -Dgtest_disable_pthreads=ON as suggested per google/shaderc#174