diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 605a46a9..a3f134b1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,3 +112,12 @@ add_test(compile-test ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND}
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile-test"
   --build-generator ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
   --build-makeprogram ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM})
+
+# test if the targets are findable from the build directory
+add_test(find-package-test ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND}
+  --build-and-test
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/find-package-test"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/find-package-test"
+  --build-generator ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+  --build-makeprogram ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}
+  --build-options "-Dcppformat_DIR=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
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diff --git a/test/find-package-test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/find-package-test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea6261e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/find-package-test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+
+project(cppformat-test)
+
+find_package(cppformat REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable(library-test "main.cpp")
+target_link_libraries(library-test cppformat)
+
+if (TARGET cppformat-header-only)
+  add_executable(header-only-test "main.cpp")
+  target_link_libraries(header-only-test cppformat-header-only)
+endif ()
diff --git a/test/find-package-test/main.cpp b/test/find-package-test/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3563e606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/find-package-test/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <cppformat/format.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  for(int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+    fmt::print("{}: {}\n", i, argv[i]);
+  return 0;
+}