diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28289d68a..9dc5bf109 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "Compiling all files as: ${locality_aware_LANG}")
 
+if (ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS)
+    enable_testing()
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 set_source_files_properties(