diff --git a/cpputils.pri b/cpputils.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6916033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpputils.pri
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/src
diff --git a/cpputils_src.pri b/cpputils_src.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60be559
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+++ b/cpputils_src.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+HEADERS += \
+    $$PWD/src/cleanuphelper.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cppflags.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cppmacros.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cppoverloadutils.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cppsignal.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cpptypesafeenum.h \
+    $$PWD/src/cpputils.h \
+    $$PWD/src/delayedconstruction.h \
+    $$PWD/src/strutils.h
+
+SOURCES += \
+    $$PWD/src/strutils.cpp
diff --git a/test/cpputilstestutils.cpp b/test/cpputilstestutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..586228f
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+++ b/test/cpputilstestutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "cpputilstestutils.h"
+
+namespace QTest {
+template<>
+char *toString(const std::string &str)
+{
+    return ::QTest::toString(QString::fromStdString(str));
+}
+} // namespace QTest
diff --git a/test/cpputilstestutils.h b/test/cpputilstestutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a4299d
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+++ b/test/cpputilstestutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QMetaType>
+#include <QtTest>
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(std::string)
+
+// only needed if there is a nameclash between std::string *::toString(const T &) and template<typename T> char *QTest::toString(const T &)
+#define FIXEDCOMPARE(actual, expected) \
+do {\
+    if (!fixedCompare(actual, expected, #actual, #expected, __FILE__, __LINE__))\
+        return;\
+} while (false)
+
+namespace {
+template <typename T1, typename T2>
+inline bool fixedCompare(T1 const &t1, T2 const &t2, const char *actual, const char *expected,
+                         const char *file, int line)
+{
+    return QTest::compare_helper(t1 == t2, "Compared values are not the same",
+                                 ::QTest::toString(t1), ::QTest::toString(t2), actual, expected, file, line);
+}
+}
+
+namespace QTest {
+template<>
+char *toString(const std::string &str);
+} // namespace QTest
diff --git a/test/cpputilstestutils.pri b/test/cpputilstestutils.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aba082d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpputilstestutils.pri
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
diff --git a/test/cpputilstestutils_src.pri b/test/cpputilstestutils_src.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbaefe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpputilstestutils_src.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+HEADERS += \
+    $$PWD/cpputilstestutils.h
+
+SOURCES += \
+    $$PWD/cpputilstestutils.cpp