diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3fc5554..0dfe63b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@
 		-d ${srcdir}/example \
 		-o ${builddir}/$@ \
 		generate-cpp
+
+SUBDIRS = . test
diff --git a/src/test/.gitignore b/src/test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e563b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.log
+*.trs
diff --git a/src/test/Makefile.am b/src/test/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c44bffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/vars.mk
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -iquote$(top_srcdir)/src
+gtest_cflags = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
+gtest_ldadd = -lgtest -lgtest_main -lgmock $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+
+TEMPLATESEARCH+=${srcdir}/templates
+
+check_PROGRAMS =
+BUILT_SOURCES =
+CLEANFILES =
+
+TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)