diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c84c98..9cbfb78 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ find_package(everest-cmake 0.1 REQUIRED
 #
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "enable building of examples" OFF)
 option(FSM_INSTALL "Install the library (shared data might be installed anyway)" ${EVC_MAIN_PROJECT})
-
+option(${PROJECT_NAME}_BUILD_TESTING "Build unit tests, used if included as dependency" OFF)
+option(BUILD_TESTING "Build unit tests, used if standalone project" OFF)
 
 #
 # library declaration
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ endif()
 #
 # tests
 #
-if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME AND BUILD_TESTING)
+if((${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL ${PROJECT_NAME} OR ${PROJECT_NAME}_BUILD_TESTING) AND BUILD_TESTING)
     include(CTest)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 81d0ce2..1c79cdd 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,20 +16,21 @@ if (CODE_COVERAGE)
     evc_include(CodeCoverage)
 endif()
 
-add_executable(test_state_allocator state_allocator.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(test_state_allocator
+set(TEST_TARGET_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}_tests)
+add_executable(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} state_allocator.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
     PRIVATE
         fsm::fsm
         Catch2::Catch2WithMain
 )
 
 if (CODE_COVERAGE)
-    append_coverage_compiler_flags_to_target(test_state_allocator)
+    append_coverage_compiler_flags_to_target(${TEST_TARGET_NAME})
     setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_html(
         NAME coverage
-        EXECUTABLE test_state_allocator
+        EXECUTABLE ${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
         BASE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
 )
 endif()
 
-catch_discover_tests(test_state_allocator)
+catch_discover_tests(${TEST_TARGET_NAME})