diff --git a/testing/.gitignore b/testing/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddf7a912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/
+lib/
+obj/
diff --git a/testing/Makefile b/testing/Makefile
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index 00000000..19086700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+GTEST_DIR=googletest/googletest
+BIN_DIR=bin
+LIB_DIR=lib
+OBJ_DIR=obj
+
+all: run-hello-test
+
+run-hello-test: $(BIN_DIR)/hello-test
+	$(BIN_DIR)/hello-test
+
+$(BIN_DIR)/hello-test: hello-test.cpp $(LIB_DIR)/libgtest.so $(OBJ_DIR)/gtest_main.o
+	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)
+	g++ -o $(BIN_DIR)/hello-test -I$(GTEST_DIR)/include hello-test.cpp $(OBJ_DIR)/gtest_main.o $(LIB_DIR)/libgtest.so
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/gtest_main.o: $(GTEST_DIR)/src/gtest_main.cc $(wildcard $(GTEST_DIR)/include/gtest/*.h)
+	mkdir -p $(OBJ_DIR)
+	g++ -o $(OBJ_DIR)/gtest_main.o -c -pthread -I$(GTEST_DIR)/include $(GTEST_DIR)/src/gtest_main.cc
+
+$(LIB_DIR)/libgtest.so: $(wildcard $(GTEST_DIR)/src/*.cc) $(wildcard $(GTEST_DIR)/include/gtest/*.h)
+	mkdir -p $(LIB_DIR)
+	g++ -o $(LIB_DIR)/libgtest.so -shared -fPIC -pthread -I$(GTEST_DIR) -I$(GTEST_DIR)/include $(GTEST_DIR)/src/gtest-all.cc
+
+clean:
+	rm $(BIN_DIR)/* $(LIB_DIR)/* $(OBJ_DIR)/*
diff --git a/testing/hello-test.cpp b/testing/hello-test.cpp
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index 00000000..cf55d522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/hello-test.cpp
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+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+TEST(Test, ThatPasses) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(true);
+}
+
+TEST(Test, ThatFails) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(false);
+}
+
+}  // namespace