diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af8f4e2e299..69cbc6153bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ option(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE
 option(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_RUNNER_UTIL
        "Build the extension/runner_util directory" OFF)
 
+# Build gtest
+option(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GTEST "Build GTEST" OFF)
+
 if(NOT BUCK2)
   set(BUCK2 buck2)
 endif()
@@ -443,5 +446,17 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_PYBIND)
   install(TARGETS portable_lib
           LIBRARY DESTINATION executorch/extension/pybindings)
 endif()
+
+if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GTEST)
+  include(FetchContent)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    googletest
+    URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/03597a01ee50ed33e9dfd640b249b4be3799d395.zip
+  )
+  # For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
+  set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
+  add_subdirectory(runtime/kernel/test)
+endif()
 # Print all summary
 executorch_print_configuration_summary()
diff --git a/runtime/kernel/test/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/kernel/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c94ea24079f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/kernel/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# ### Editing this file ###
+#
+# This file should be formatted with
+# ~~~
+# cmake-format --first-comment-is-literal=True CMakeLists.txt
+# ~~~
+# It should also be cmake-lint clean.
+#
+enable_testing()
+
+add_executable(
+  make_boxed_from_unboxed_functor_test
+  make_boxed_from_unboxed_functor_test.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries(
+  make_boxed_from_unboxed_functor_test
+  executorch
+  GTest::gtest_main
+)
+
+include(GoogleTest)
+gtest_discover_tests(make_boxed_from_unboxed_functor_test)