diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c25f91f..95805e66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ option( BUILD_TEXTDOCUMENT "Build the Grantlee textdocument library" TRUE )
 option( BUILD_MAIN_PLUGINS "Build the Grantlee Templates plugins" TRUE )
 option( BUILD_I18N_PLUGIN "Build the Grantlee Templates i18n plugin" TRUE )
 option( BUILD_TESTS "Build the Grantlee tests" TRUE )
+option( INSTALL_TESTS "Build and install the Grantlee tests" FALSE )
 option( GRANTLEE_BUILD_WITH_QT6 "Build Grantlee with Qt 6" FALSE)
 
+if (INSTALL_TESTS)
+  set(BUILD_TESTS TRUE)
+endif()
+
 if (BUILD_TESTS)
   include (CTest)
   enable_testing()
diff --git a/templates/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/templates/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 717869f0..77bf5249 100644
--- a/templates/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/templates/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ endif()
 
 set( EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
 
+if(INSTALL_TESTS)
+set( GRANTLEE_PLUGIN_PATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} )
+else()
 set( GRANTLEE_PLUGIN_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/" )
+endif()
 
 configure_file(grantlee_paths.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/grantlee_paths.h)
 
@@ -83,6 +87,9 @@ macro(grantlee_templates_unit_tests)
     )
     add_test(${_testname} ${_testname}_exec )
     target_link_libraries(${_testname}_exec Grantlee5::Templates template_test_builtins)
+    if (INSTALL_TESTS)
+       install(TARGETS ${_testname}_exec RUNTIME DESTINATION libexec/grantlee_tests)
+    endif()
 
     if (Qt6Qml_FOUND)
       target_compile_definitions(${_testname}_exec PRIVATE HAVE_QTQML_LIB)
diff --git a/textdocument/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/textdocument/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index fca2cee3..0857b601 100644
--- a/textdocument/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/textdocument/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,12 +17,25 @@ else()
 endif()
 target_compile_features(textdocument_test_builtins PUBLIC cxx_auto_type)
 
+
+configure_file(testresource.qrc.cmake "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testresource.qrc")
+set (_rcc_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testresource.qrc")
+
+if (GRANTLEE_BUILD_WITH_QT6)
+  qt6_add_resources(_testresource_rcc_src ${_rcc_file} OPTIONS -root "/" )
+else()
+  qt5_add_resources(_testresource_rcc_src ${_rcc_file} OPTIONS -root "/" )
+endif()
+
 macro(GRANTLEE_TEXTDOCUMENT_UNIT_TESTS)
   foreach(_testname ${ARGN})
-    add_executable(${_testname}_exec ${_testname}.cpp)
+    add_executable(${_testname}_exec ${_testname}.cpp ${_testresource_rcc_src})
     add_test(${_testname} ${_testname}_exec )
     target_link_libraries(${_testname}_exec Grantlee::TextDocument textdocument_test_builtins)
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY TEST_COVERAGE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_testname}_exec" )
+    if (INSTALL_TESTS)
+       install(TARGETS ${_testname}_exec RUNTIME DESTINATION libexec/grantlee_tests)
+    endif()
   endforeach(_testname)
 endmacro(GRANTLEE_TEXTDOCUMENT_UNIT_TESTS)
 
diff --git a/textdocument/tests/plainmarkupbuildertest.cpp b/textdocument/tests/plainmarkupbuildertest.cpp
index 9966d650..ca6532fd 100644
--- a/textdocument/tests/plainmarkupbuildertest.cpp
+++ b/textdocument/tests/plainmarkupbuildertest.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TestPlainMarkupOutput : public CoverageObject
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 private Q_SLOTS:
-
+  void initTestCase();
   // Test paragraph contents:
   void testSingleFormat();
   void testDoubleFormat();
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
   void testNestedList();
 };
 
+
+
+void TestPlainMarkupOutput::initTestCase()
+{
+      Q_INIT_RESOURCE(testresource);
+}
+
 void TestPlainMarkupOutput::testSingleFormat()
 {
   QTextDocument doc;
@@ -622,7 +629,7 @@ void TestPlainMarkupOutput::testLongDocument()
 {
   QTextDocument doc;
 
-  QFile sourceHtml(QFINDTESTDATA("sourcehtml"));
+  QFile sourceHtml(QStringLiteral(":/templates/sourcehtml"));
   QVERIFY(sourceHtml.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly));
   doc.setHtml(QString::fromLatin1(sourceHtml.readAll().constData()));
 
diff --git a/textdocument/tests/testresource.qrc.cmake b/textdocument/tests/testresource.qrc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1752278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textdocument/tests/testresource.qrc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource prefix="/templates/">
+    <file alias="sourcehtml">@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/sourcehtml</file>
+</qresource>
+@QM_FILES@
+</RCC>