cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) project(TestFindBoost CXX) include(CTest) find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS foobar filesystem thread) add_executable(test_boost_tgt main.cxx) target_link_libraries(test_boost_tgt Boost::dynamic_linking Boost::disable_autolinking Boost::filesystem Boost::thread) add_test(NAME test_boost_tgt COMMAND test_boost_tgt) add_executable(test_boost_var main.cxx) target_include_directories(test_boost_var PRIVATE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}) target_link_libraries(test_boost_var PRIVATE ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}) add_test(NAME test_boost_var COMMAND test_boost_var)