diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b40b34..9b06923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ pure C API.
 libgraphqlparser requires a C++ compiler that supports C++11. It
 also requires Mac OS X or Linux.
 
-To run tests, please download googletest from
+To run tests, first, compile and install the library as described above. Then,
+please download googletest from
 https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.zip
-and unzip it in the `test` subdirectory.
+and unzip it in the `test` subdirectory. In consequence, a folder
+`googletest-release-1.8.0` should be contained in `test`. Next, within the
+`test` folder, run `cmake .` and `make` to generate the `runTests` binary.
+To execute the tests run `./test/runTests` from the main folder.
 
 ## Building libgraphqlparser
 
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ and it should also simplify the task of creating bindings to other
 programming languages.
 
 ## License
+
 libgraphqlparser is MIT-licensed.
 
 ## Related Projects
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e22436..4d08a33 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(googletest-release-1.8.0/googletest)
 
 ENABLE_TESTING()
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR} /usr/local/include/graphqlparser)
+
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=gnu++11 -g")
 
 FILE(COPY valgrind.supp DESTINATION .)
 
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ FILE(COPY schema-kitchen-sink.json DESTINATION .)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(runTests ParserTests.cpp JsonVisitorTests.cpp BuildCAPI.c)
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(runTests gtest gtest_main)
+find_library(LIBGRAPHQLPARSER_LIBRARY libgraphqlparser.dylib HINTS /usr/local/lib)
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(runTests graphqlparser)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(runTests gtest gtest_main ${LIBGRAPHQLPARSER_LIBRARY})
 
 ADD_TEST(gtest_tests runTests)