diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f4d566d7..dfdbc222d 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ set(SOF_ROOT_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 add_subdirectory(logger)
 add_subdirectory(eqctl)
 add_subdirectory(topology)
+add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/tools/test/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7463f9cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(topology)
diff --git a/tools/test/topology/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test/topology/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..894eb730d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/topology/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+file(GLOB TPLG_DEPS
+	../../topology/platform/intel/*.m4
+	../../topology/common/*.m4
+	../../topology/m4/*.m4
+	../../topology/sof/*.m4
+)
+
+find_program(XARGS NAMES xargs PATHS ENV PATH NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+if(${XARGS} STREQUAL XARGS-NOTFOUND)
+	set(USE_XARGS "no")
+else()
+	set(USE_XARGS "yes")
+endif()
+
+add_custom_target(tests
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env
+		SOF_TPLG_BUILD_OUTPUT=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+		USE_XARGS=${USE_XARGS}
+		./tplg-build.sh
+	DEPENDS ${TPLG_DEPS}
+	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+	VERBATIM
+	USES_TERMINAL
+)
+
+add_custom_target(tests-clean
+	COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/*.conf
+	COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/*.tplg
+	VERBATIM
+	USES_TERMINAL
+)