--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,11 +17,28 @@ endif()
 if (QPL_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(ref)
     add_subdirectory(utils)
+
+    # Build third-party google-test library required for tests
+    # Build it without clang-tidy checks
     set(TEMP_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY})
     set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "")
+    # Save the main project's current shared/static preference
+    set(TEMP_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+    # Force google-test library to build as STATIC
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build shared libraries" FORCE)
+    # Disable google-test's internal tests to speed up the build
+    set(gtest_build_tests OFF CACHE BOOL "Build gtest tests" FORCE)
+    # Add the subdirectory creating the 'gtest' and 'gtest_main' targets
     add_subdirectory(third-party/google-test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    # Restore the original shared/static preference for the rest of the project
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${TEMP_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS} CACHE BOOL "Build shared libraries" FORCE)
+    # Restore the original clang-tidy preference
     set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${TEMP_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY})
+
     add_subdirectory(tests)
+    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/testdata
+                      DESTINATION share/intel-qpl
+                      COMPONENT RUNTIME)
     if (UNIX)
         # Disable building google-benchmarks tests
         SET(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ if (QPL_BUILD_TESTS)
         SET(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(TEMP_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY})
         set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "")
-        add_subdirectory(third-party/benchmark EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+        # add_subdirectory(third-party/benchmark EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
         set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${TEMP_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY})
-        add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
+        # add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
     endif ()
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory(pkg-config)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/configs
-                  DESTINATION share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+                  DESTINATION share/intel-qpl
                   COMPONENT        RUNTIME)
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/scripts
-                  DESTINATION share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+                  DESTINATION share/intel-qpl
                   COMPONENT        RUNTIME
                   FILE_PERMISSIONS USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
--- a/tools/tests/functional/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
+++ b/tools/tests/functional/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ add_executable(tests main.cpp
                $<TARGET_OBJECTS:unit_tests>)
 
 qpl_set_common_target_settings(tests)
+set_target_properties(tests PROPERTIES
+                      OUTPUT_NAME qpl-func-tests)
 
 get_property(LIB_DEPS GLOBAL PROPERTY QPL_LIB_DEPS)
 
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(tests
 target_compile_options(tests
         PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tests_common,COMPILE_OPTIONS>)
 
+install(TARGETS tests
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+
 # Test groups that run under target: make test
 
 # Smoke tests are a group of small number of tests that can run in a few seconds on any HW.
--- a/tools/tests/cross_tests/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
+++ b/tools/tests/cross_tests/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-02 14:42:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ file(GLOB SOURCES *.cpp)
 add_executable(cross_tests ${SOURCES})
 
 qpl_set_common_target_settings(cross_tests)
+set_target_properties(cross_tests PROPERTIES
+                      OUTPUT_NAME qpl-cross-tests)
 
 get_target_property(QPL_SOURCE_DIR qpl SOURCE_DIR)
 
@@ -31,3 +33,6 @@ target_link_libraries(cross_tests
 
 target_compile_definitions(cross_tests PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tests_common,COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>)
 target_compile_options(cross_tests PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tests_common,COMPILE_OPTIONS>)
+
+install(TARGETS cross_tests
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})