diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 554afe6..2c192b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ Thumbs.db
 build/
 bin/akashi
 bin/config/
+bin_tests/
 doxygen/html
diff --git a/akashi.pro b/akashi.pro
index a839f1c..408bfdf 100644
--- a/akashi.pro
+++ b/akashi.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 
 SUBDIRS += \
+  lib \
   akashi \
-  lib
+  tests
 
-akashi.depends = lib
+# Just like how "CONFIG += ordered" is considered harmful a practice for handling
+# internal dependecies, so is qmake considered harmful a tool for handling projects
+# as Qt expects you to handle them.
+#
+# Too bad.
+CONFIG += ordered
diff --git a/lib/lib.cpp b/lib/lib.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/lib/lib.h b/lib/lib.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/tests.pro b/tests/tests.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc046a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+TEMPLATE = subdirs
+
+SUBDIRS += \
+    unittest_area
diff --git a/tests/tests_common.pri b/tests/tests_common.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd4f6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_common.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+QT += network websockets core sql testlib
+
+CONFIG += qt console warn_on depend_includepath testcase no_testcase_installs
+CONFIG -= app_bundle
+
+DESTDIR = $$PWD/../bin_tests
+
+win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../lib/release/ -llib
+else:win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../lib/debug/ -llib
+else:unix: LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../lib/ -llib
+
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../lib
+DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../lib
diff --git a/tests/unittest_area/tst_unittest_area.cpp b/tests/unittest_area/tst_unittest_area.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efc4480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unittest_area/tst_unittest_area.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <QtTest>
+
+// add necessary includes here
+
+class UnitTest_Area : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+
+private slots:
+    void test_case1();
+};
+
+void UnitTest_Area::test_case1()
+{
+    QFAIL("Guaranteed failure -- testing tests subdirs setup");
+}
+
+QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(UnitTest_Area)
+
+#include "tst_unittest_area.moc"
diff --git a/tests/unittest_area/unittest_area.pro b/tests/unittest_area/unittest_area.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd33e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unittest_area/unittest_area.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+QT -= gui
+
+include(../tests_common.pri)
+
+SOURCES +=  tst_unittest_area.cpp