diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 22eb7f6..c97bb44 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 project(webfused VERSION 0.1.0 DESCRIPTION "Webfuse daemon")
 
+option(WITHOUT_TESTS   "disable unit tests"   OFF)
+
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
@@ -78,3 +80,43 @@ target_include_directories(webfuse-passwd PUBLIC
 
 target_compile_options(webfuse-passwd PUBLIC ${OPENSSL_CFLAGS_OTHER})
 install(TARGETS webfuse-passwd DESTINATION bin)
+
+if(NOT WITHOUT_TESTS)
+
+
+set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+
+include (CTest)
+
+pkg_check_modules(GTEST gtest_main)
+include(GoogleTest)
+pkg_check_modules(GMOCK gmock)
+
+add_executable(alltests
+    test/test_config.cc
+)
+
+target_include_directories(alltests PRIVATE
+    src
+    ${GMOCK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+
+target_compile_options(alltests PRIVATE ${GMOCK_CFLAGS} ${GTEST_CFLAGS} "-pthread")
+
+target_link_libraries(alltests PRIVATE
+	${LIBCONFIG_LIBRARIES}
+	${GMOCK_LIBRARIES}
+	${GTEST_LIBRARIES}
+	${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+)
+
+# copy test data
+configure_file(etc/webfused.conf webfused.conf COPYONLY)
+
+enable_testing()
+gtest_discover_tests(alltests TEST_PREFIX alltests:)
+
+endif(NOT WITHOUT_TESTS)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab50b1e..8ce0f5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ To install dependecies, see below.
   - [jansson](https://github.com/akheron/jansson)
 - [openssl](https://www.openssl.org/)
 - [libconfig](https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/)
+- [Google Test](https://github.com/google/googletest) *(Test only)*
 
 ### Installing dependencies
 
@@ -82,3 +83,16 @@ To install libfuse, meson is needed. Please refer to [meson quick guide](https:/
 
     sudo apt update
     sudo apt install libconfig-dev
+
+#### GoogleTest
+
+Installation of GoogleTest is optional webfuse library, but required to compile tests.
+
+    wget -O gtest-1.10.0.tar.gz https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.tar.gz
+    tar -xf gtest-1.10.0.tar.gz
+    cd googletest-release-1.10.0
+    mkdir .build
+    cd .build
+    cmake ..
+    make
+    sudo make install
diff --git a/test/test_config.cc b/test/test_config.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d8e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <libconfig.h>
+
+TEST(config, is_loadable)
+{
+    config_t config;
+    config_init(&config);
+
+    int result = config_read_file(&config, "webfused.conf");
+    ASSERT_EQ(CONFIG_TRUE, result);
+
+    config_destroy(&config);
+}
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