--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+project(cJSON
+    VERSION 1.7.18
+    LANGUAGES C)
+
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)  # set CMP0054 policy
+option(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST "Enable building cJSON test" ON)
+
+enable_testing()
+
+set(TEST_CJSON cJSON_test)
+set(CJSON_LIB cjson)
+add_executable("${TEST_CJSON}" ../test.c)
+target_link_libraries("${TEST_CJSON}" "${CJSON_LIB}")
+
+add_test(NAME ${TEST_CJSON} COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TEST_CJSON}")
+
 if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
     add_library(unity STATIC unity/src/unity.c)
 
@@ -86,8 +105,6 @@
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
-    add_dependencies(check ${unity_tests})
-
     if (ENABLE_CJSON_UTILS)
         #copy test files
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/json-patch-tests")
@@ -113,7 +130,5 @@
                     COMMAND "./${cjson_utils_test}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
-
-        add_dependencies(check ${cjson_utils_tests})
     endif()
 endif()