diff --git a/test/cmake_install_test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cmake_install_test/CMakeLists.txt
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+# Copyright 2018, 2019 Peter Dimov
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.31)
+
+project(cmake_install_test LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+find_package(boost_xpressive REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable(main main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(main Boost::xpressive)
+
+enable_testing()
+add_test(main main)
+
+add_custom_target(check VERBATIM COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} --output-on-failure -C $<CONFIG>)
diff --git a/test/cmake_install_test/main.cpp b/test/cmake_install_test/main.cpp
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+//  Copyright 2026 Peter Dimov
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#include <boost/xpressive/xpressive.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace boost::xpressive;
+
+int main()
+{
+    std::string hello( "hello world!" );
+
+    sregex rex = sregex::compile( "(\\w+) (\\w+)!" );
+    smatch what;
+
+    if( regex_match( hello, what, rex ) )
+    {
+        return what.size() == 3? 0: 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return 2;
+    }
+}