diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-build.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
similarity index 75%
rename from .github/workflows/cpp-build.yml
rename to .github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 7c5215f..af40f50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -144,3 +144,55 @@ jobs:
             --legend coverage_without_system_and_test_files
           lcov --list coverage_without_system_and_test_files
         shell: alpine.sh {0}
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage_${{ matrix.cpp_version }}
+          path: coverage
+          retention-days: 3
+
+  ctest:
+    name: "ctest"
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build_alpine-v3.20_g++_cpp17
+          path: build
+      - name: Fix artifact permissions
+        run: chmod +x build/test/tests
+
+      - uses: jirutka/setup-alpine@v1
+        with:
+          branch: v3.20
+          packages: >
+            cmake
+            ninja-build
+            g++
+            boost-dev
+            boost-filesystem
+            boost-python3
+            lua5.2-dev
+            python3-dev
+            fmt-dev
+            gtest-dev
+      - name: Fixup environment
+        run: |
+          ln -s /usr/lib/ninja-build/bin/ninja /usr/bin/ninja
+          ln -s liblua-5.2.so.0 /usr/lib/liblua-5.2.so
+        shell: alpine.sh --root {0}
+
+      - name: Run cmake tests
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -R cmake_ --output-on-failure
+        env:
+          CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
+        shell: alpine.sh {0}
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: success() || failure()
+        with:
+          name: cmake_tests_results
+          path: build/Testing/Temporary
+          retention-days: 2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-format.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-format.yml
index 1e92f53..ea24dd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-format.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
         run: find . \( -path '*/.*' -prune \) -o
           \( -type f -a -name 'CMakeLists.txt' \)
           -exec echo "Format checking '{}'..." \;
-          -exec cmake-format --check -- {} +
+          -exec cmake-format --check --line-width=80 -- {} +
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-lint.yml
index 5f1407b..5555e62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-lint.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.13'
           cache-dependency-path: '.github/workflows/cmake-lint.yml'
           cache: 'pip'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install cmakelint
+      - name: Install CMake linting tool
+        run: pip install cmakelang
 
-      - name: Execute cmakelint
+      # Check all cmake files; ignore files in hidden directories;
+      # use increased line width since formatting is checked by other workflow
+      - name: Execute cmake-lint
         run: find . \( \( -path './build' -o -path '*/.*' \) -prune \) -o
           \( -type f -a -iname 'CMakeLists.txt' \)
           -exec echo "Linting '{}'..." \;
-          -exec cmakelint --spaces=1 {} +
+          -exec cmake-lint --line-width=90 -- {} +
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa5b942..7b49739 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ option(PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_UNDEFINED_SANITIZE
 option(PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_UNREACHABLE_SANITIZE
        "Enable compilation with unreachable sanitize flags" OFF)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.61.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS headers filesystem)
+find_package(Boost 1.70.0 REQUIRED CONFIG COMPONENTS headers filesystem)
 find_package(Python 3.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development)
 find_package(Lua 5.2 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ set(DEBUG_FLAGS "-g3")
 if(${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY})
   find_package(fmt 8.1.0 REQUIRED)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-  # TODO: generate C++17 compatible header files instead
-  add_definitions("-DPPPLUGIN_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY")
 else()
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 endif()
@@ -129,5 +127,6 @@ if(${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_EXAMPLES})
   add_subdirectory(examples)
 endif()
 if(${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_TESTS})
+  enable_testing()
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/ppplugin-config.cmake.in b/cmake/ppplugin-config.cmake.in
index b6e2c5d..9d24d6b 100644
--- a/cmake/ppplugin-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/ppplugin-config.cmake.in
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ find_dependency(Boost @Boost_VERSION_MAJOR@ COMPONENTS headers filesystem
 find_dependency(Python @Python_VERSION_MAJOR@ COMPONENTS Development)
 find_dependency(Lua @LUA_VERSION_MAJOR@)
 
+if(${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY})
+  find_dependency(fmt @fmt_VERSION_MAJOR@)
+endif()
+
 check_required_components("@PROJECT_NAME@")
 
 set(PPPLUGIN_INCLUDE_DIR ${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/include)
diff --git a/examples/lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 09c45f4..e5ea902 100644
--- a/examples/lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin.lua
           $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:lua_plugin_manager>/plugin_1.lua
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin.lua
-          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:lua_plugin_manager>/plugin_2.lua)
+          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:lua_plugin_manager>/plugin_2.lua
+  COMMENT "Copying Lua plugins to output directory...")
diff --git a/examples/multi_language_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/multi_language_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d83f4b..f54082a 100644
--- a/examples/multi_language_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/multi_language_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ add_custom_command(
   POST_BUILD
   COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/lua_plugin.lua
-    $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_language_plugin_manager>)
-add_custom_command(
-  TARGET multi_language_plugin_manager
-  POST_BUILD
+    $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_language_plugin_manager>
   COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/python_plugin.py
-    $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_language_plugin_manager>)
+    $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_language_plugin_manager>
+  COMMENT "Copying plugins to output directory...")
diff --git a/examples/multi_return_lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/multi_return_lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 35b48fd..9d9ba39 100644
--- a/examples/multi_return_lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/multi_return_lua_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ add_custom_command(
   TARGET multi_return_lua_plugin_manager
   POST_BUILD
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin.lua
-          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_return_lua_plugin_manager>)
+          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:multi_return_lua_plugin_manager>
+  COMMENT "Copying Lua plugin to output directory...")
diff --git a/examples/python_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/python_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index d4dea6d..75346b5 100644
--- a/examples/python_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/python_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin.py
           $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:python_plugin_manager>/plugin_1.py
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin.py
-          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:python_plugin_manager>/plugin_2.py)
+          $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:python_plugin_manager>/plugin_2.py
+  COMMENT "Copying Python plugins to output directory...")
diff --git a/include/ppplugin/errors.h b/include/ppplugin/errors.h
index 0aa6749..c23d4e1 100644
--- a/include/ppplugin/errors.h
+++ b/include/ppplugin/errors.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "ppplugin/detail/compatibility_utils.h"
 #include "ppplugin/expected.h"
 
-#include <memory>
 #ifndef PPPLUGIN_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY
 #include <source_location>
 #endif // PPPLUGIN_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY
diff --git a/include/ppplugin/expected.h b/include/ppplugin/expected.h
index 5f6768c..2fbf6ca 100644
--- a/include/ppplugin/expected.h
+++ b/include/ppplugin/expected.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <optional>
 #include <variant>
-#if __cplusplus >= 202101L
+#if __cplusplus >= 202101L // if C++23 is available
 #include <expected>
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
diff --git a/include/ppplugin/lua/lua_state.h b/include/ppplugin/lua/lua_state.h
index 599e074..17c8555 100644
--- a/include/ppplugin/lua/lua_state.h
+++ b/include/ppplugin/lua/lua_state.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "ppplugin/errors.h"
 
 #include <functional>
+#include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 
 struct lua_State;
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1be4a5f..bc5d063 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ set(LIBRARY_SOURCES
 add_library(${LIBRARY_TARGET} ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
   ${LIBRARY_TARGET}
-  PUBLIC Boost::filesystem
-  PUBLIC Python::Python
   PRIVATE ${LUA_LIBRARIES}
-  PUBLIC $<$<BOOL:${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}>:fmt::fmt>)
+  PUBLIC Boost::filesystem Python::Python
+         $<$<BOOL:${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}>:fmt::fmt>)
 target_include_directories(
   ${LIBRARY_TARGET}
   PRIVATE ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}
   PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-  PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+target_compile_definitions(
+  ${LIBRARY_TARGET}
+  PUBLIC
+    $<$<BOOL:${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}>:"PPPLUGIN_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY">
+)
 
 set_target_properties(
   ${LIBRARY_TARGET}
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 90e9f6a..c143f8b 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,55 @@ add_executable(${TESTS_NAME} detail_templates_tests.cpp expected_tests.cpp
                              scope_guard_tests.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(${TESTS_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-target_link_libraries(
-  ${TESTS_NAME} PRIVATE GTest::GTest GTest::Main gmock Threads::Threads
-                        ${LIBRARY_TARGET_STATIC})
+target_link_libraries(${TESTS_NAME} PRIVATE GTest::GTest GTest::Main gmock
+                                            Threads::Threads ${LIBRARY_TARGET})
+
+gtest_discover_tests(${TESTS_NAME})
+
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_shared_cpp17_compatible_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_shared_cpp17 "SHARED" "Cpp17"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_shared_cpp20_compatible_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_shared_cpp20 "SHARED" "Cpp20"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_static_cpp17_compatible_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_static_cpp17 "STATIC" "Cpp17"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_static_cpp20_compatible_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_static_cpp20 "STATIC" "Cpp20"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_no_shared_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_shared_fail "SHARED_FAIL"
+    "Cpp20"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+set_property(TEST cmake_no_shared_installation_test PROPERTY WILL_FAIL TRUE)
+add_test(
+  NAME cmake_no_static_installation_test
+  COMMAND
+    test.sh ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_find_package_test_build
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_install_root_static_fail "STATIC_FAIL"
+    "Cpp20"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_tests/find_package_test)
+set_property(TEST cmake_no_static_installation_test PROPERTY WILL_FAIL TRUE)
diff --git a/test/cmake_tests/build_and_install_ppplugin.sh b/test/cmake_tests/build_and_install_ppplugin.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e27f123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_tests/build_and_install_ppplugin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+ROOT_SOURCE_DIR="${1}"
+BUILD_DIR="${2}"
+INSTALL_ROOT="${3}"
+BUILD_SHARED="${4}"
+BUILD_CPP17_COMPATIBLE="${5}"
+
+echo "Building ppplugin library (shared: ${BUILD_SHARED})..."
+
+echo "Use sources at '${ROOT_SOURCE_DIR}'..."
+cmake "${ROOT_SOURCE_DIR}" -B "${BUILD_DIR}" -DPPPLUGIN_SHARED="${BUILD_SHARED}" -DPPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY="${BUILD_CPP17_COMPATIBLE}"
+echo "Build in '${BUILD_DIR}'..."
+cmake --build "${BUILD_DIR}"
+echo "Install to '${INSTALL_ROOT}'..."
+cmake --install "${BUILD_DIR}" --prefix "${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local"
diff --git a/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c087a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(a)
+
+find_package(ppplugin REQUIRED)
+
+message(DEBUG "ppplugin found: ${ppplugin_FOUND}")
+message(DEBUG "ppplugin should be shared library: ${PPPLUGIN_SHARED}")
+message(DEBUG "ppplugin library dir: ${PPPLUGIN_LIBRARY_DIR}")
+message(DEBUG "ppplugin include dir: ${PPPLUGIN_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+message(
+  DEBUG
+  "ppplugin should be C++17 compatible: ${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}")
+
+if(${PPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY})
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+else()
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+endif()
+
+add_executable(a a.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(a PUBLIC ppplugin::ppplugin)
diff --git a/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.cpp b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10471cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <ppplugin/plugin_manager.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char* /*argv*/[])
+{
+    auto plugin = ppplugin::LuaPlugin::load("a.lua");
+    if (plugin) {
+        std::cout << plugin->call<int>("Main", argc).value().value() << '\n';
+    } else {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << static_cast<int>(plugin.error().value()) << '\n';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.lua b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce89077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/a.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Main(a)
+	return a + 10
+end
diff --git a/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/test.sh b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..878d840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_tests/find_package_test/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+ROOT_SOURCE_DIR="${1}"
+BUILD_DIR="${2}"
+INSTALL_ROOT="${3}"
+
+if [ "${4}" = "SHARED" ] || [ "${4}" = "STATIC_FAIL" ]; then
+  TEST_SHARED=ON
+elif [ "${4}" = "STATIC" ] || [ "${4}" = "SHARED_FAIL" ]; then
+  TEST_SHARED=OFF
+else
+  echo "Fourth argument must be 'SHARED', 'STATIC', 'SHARED_FAIL' or 'STATIC_FAIL'"
+  return
+fi
+
+if [ "${5}" = "Cpp17" ]; then
+  TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY=ON
+elif [ "${5}" = "Cpp20" ]; then
+  TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY=OFF
+else
+  echo "Fifth argument must be 'Cpp17' or 'Cpp20'"
+  return
+fi
+
+TEST_BUILD_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/shared_${TEST_SHARED}_cpp17_${TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}"
+EXECUTABLE_NAME="${TEST_BUILD_DIR}/a"
+
+"${ROOT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/cmake_tests/build_and_install_ppplugin.sh" "${ROOT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${BUILD_DIR}/ppplugin_build_shared_${TEST_SHARED}_cpp17_${TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}" "${INSTALL_ROOT}" "${TEST_SHARED}" "${TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}"
+
+# if it is a test with expected failure, switch dependency to opposite library type to provoke error
+if [ "${4}" = "SHARED_FAIL" ]; then
+  TEST_SHARED=ON
+  TEST_BUILD_DIR="${TEST_BUILD_DIR}_shared_fail"
+elif [ "${4}" = "STATIC_FAIL" ]; then
+  TEST_SHARED=OFF
+  TEST_BUILD_DIR="${TEST_BUILD_DIR}_static_fail"
+fi
+
+CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/lib/cmake" \
+  cmake . --log-level DEBUG -B "${TEST_BUILD_DIR}" -DPPPLUGIN_SHARED="${TEST_SHARED}" -DPPPLUGIN_ENABLE_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY="${TEST_CPP17_COMPATIBILITY}"
+cmake --build "${TEST_BUILD_DIR}"
+
+"${EXECUTABLE_NAME}"