diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc6416855..fe51ae753 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,19 +53,24 @@ if (JPEG_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if(TEST)
-  find_library(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
-  if(GTEST_LIBRARY STREQUAL "GTEST_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND")
-    set(GTEST_SRC_DIR /usr/src/gtest CACHE STRING "Location of gtest sources")
-    if(EXISTS ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc)
-      message(STATUS "building gtest from sources in ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}")
-      set(gtest_sources ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc)
-      add_library(gtest STATIC ${gtest_sources})
-      include_directories(${GTEST_SRC_DIR})
-      include_directories(${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/include)
-      set(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
-    else()
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "TEST is set but unable to find gtest library")
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    find_library(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
+    if(GTEST_LIBRARY STREQUAL "GTEST_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND")
+      set(GTEST_SRC_DIR /usr/src/gtest CACHE STRING "Location of gtest sources")
+      if(EXISTS ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc)
+        message(STATUS "building gtest from sources in ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}")
+        set(gtest_sources ${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc)
+        add_library(gtest STATIC ${gtest_sources})
+        include_directories(${GTEST_SRC_DIR})
+        include_directories(${GTEST_SRC_DIR}/include)
+        set(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
+      else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "TEST is set but unable to find gtest library")
+      endif()
     endif()
+  else()
+    add_subdirectory(third_party/googletest/src)
+    set(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
   endif()
 
   add_executable(libyuv_unittest ${ly_unittest_sources})