diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 089084b..5b8f5c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
           CXXFLAGS=-std=c++17 ./configure
           make
           sudo make install
-      - run: g++ -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -o test/pqxx test/pqxx_test.cpp -lpqxx -lpq
-      - run: test/pqxx
+      - run: cmake -S test -B test/build
+      - run: cmake --build test/build
 
       # test install
       - run: cmake -S . -B build
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9d3146..378eac2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 build
-/test/pqxx
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dc3569..63b4edd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ To get started with development:
 git clone https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-cpp.git
 cd pgvector-cpp
 createdb pgvector_cpp_test
-g++ -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unknown-attributes -Werror -o test/pqxx test/pqxx_test.cpp -lpqxx -lpq
-test/pqxx
+cmake -S test -B test/build
+cmake --build test/build
 ```
 
 To run an example:
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68a0b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
+
+project(test)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unknown-attributes -Werror")
+set(SKIP_BUILD_TEST ON)
+
+include(FetchContent)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(libpqxx GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/jtv/libpqxx.git GIT_TAG 7.10.0)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(libpqxx)
+
+add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.." pgvector)
+
+add_executable(pqxx_test pqxx_test.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(pqxx_test PRIVATE libpqxx::pqxx pgvector::pgvector)
+add_custom_command(TARGET pqxx_test POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pqxx_test")
diff --git a/test/pqxx_test.cpp b/test/pqxx_test.cpp
index d5004d1..f57b202 100644
--- a/test/pqxx_test.cpp
+++ b/test/pqxx_test.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#include "../include/pgvector/pqxx.hpp"
 #include <cassert>
 #include <optional>
+#include <pgvector/pqxx.hpp>
 #include <pqxx/pqxx>
 
 void setup(pqxx::connection &conn) {