diff --git a/.github/workflows/default.yml b/.github/workflows/default.yml
index 598ced7..9da97bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/default.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/default.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ jobs:
             - name: Build
               env:
                   CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: ${{ env.QT6_PREFIX }}
-              run: cargo build --verbose
-
+              run: |
+                  cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DRUST_VERBOSE=ON
+                  cmake --build build
+                  
             - name: Test
-              run: cargo test --verbose
+              run: ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 246a110..79bc20f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 **/cmake_install.cmake
 **/Makefile
 **/compile_commands.json
+**/Testing/
 output.txt
 *.code-workspace
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4e477d..6e79550 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,44 @@ project(tlockr_qt LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 add_subdirectory(cpp)
 
-set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
\ No newline at end of file
+set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
+
+set(CARGO_MANIFEST_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Cargo.toml)
+set(CARGO_TARGET_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/target)
+
+option(RUST_VERBOSE "Enable verbose output for Cargo build and test" OFF)
+
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    set(CARGO_PROFILE "")
+    set(CARGO_OUTPUT ${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}/debug/tlockr)
+else()
+    set(CARGO_PROFILE "--release")
+    set(CARGO_OUTPUT ${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}/release/tlockr)
+endif()
+
+if(RUST_VERBOSE)
+    set(CARGO_VERBOSE "--verbose")
+else()
+    set(CARGO_VERBOSE "")
+endif()
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${CARGO_OUTPUT}
+    COMMAND cargo build ${CARGO_PROFILE} ${CARGO_VERBOSE} --manifest-path ${CARGO_MANIFEST_PATH} --target-dir ${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Building tlockr with Cargo (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})"
+    DEPENDS tlockr_qt
+)
+
+add_custom_target(tlockr ALL
+    DEPENDS ${CARGO_OUTPUT}
+)
+
+add_test(NAME rust_tests
+    COMMAND cargo test ${CARGO_VERBOSE} --manifest-path ${CARGO_MANIFEST_PATH} --target-dir ${CARGO_TARGET_DIR}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
+set_tests_properties(rust_tests PROPERTIES
+    DEPENDS tlockr
+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50dd979..11c53f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ You can then proceed to the building step. You will need:
 
 ```sh
 $ cd tlockr
-$ cargo build --release
+$ mkdir build && cd build
+$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+$ make -j${nproc}
 ```
 
-The compiled binary can be found at `target/release/tlockr`.
+The compiled binary can be found at `build/target/release/tlockr`.
 
 ## Themes
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 6b0872d..5856414 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 */
 
 use std::env;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn main() {
-    let out_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
-
-    let dst = cmake::Config::new(".").out_dir(&out_dir).build();
-
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}/lib", dst.display());
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}/build/cpp",
+        env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+    );
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=tlockr_qt");
 
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=Qt6Quick");