diff --git a/test/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/test/tests/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+include(FindGTest)
+set(SAWYERCODING_TEST_SOURCES "sawyercoding_test.cpp" "../../src/diagnostic.c" "../../src/util/sawyercoding.c" "../../src/localisation/utf8.c")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+add_executable(test_sawyercoding ${SAWYERCODING_TEST_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(test_sawyercoding gtest gtest_main pthread)
+target_include_directories(test_sawyercoding PUBLIC "../../src")
+target_include_directories(test_sawyercoding PUBLIC "/usr/include/SDL2")