diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f5529fc..64784a4f 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(test-main PUBLIC
   FMT_USE_FILE_DESCRIPTORS=$<BOOL:${HAVE_OPEN}>)
 target_link_libraries(test-main gmock cppformat)
 
+# Workaround GTest bug https://github.com/google/googletest/issues/705.
+target_compile_options(test-main PUBLIC -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks)
+
 # relax pedantic flags for the tests
 # TODO: fix warnings in tests to make this redundant. (e.g. -Wshadow,...)
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang"))