diff --git a/platforms/test/.gitignore b/platforms/test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d51dda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+gtest_i386/
+googletest/**/generated/
+
diff --git a/platforms/test/.gitrepo b/platforms/test/.gitrepo
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/test/.gitrepo
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+; DO NOT EDIT (unless you know what you are doing)
+;
+; This subdirectory is a git "subrepo", and this file is maintained by the
+; git-subrepo command. See https://github.com/git-commands/git-subrepo#readme
+;
+[subrepo]
+	remote = git@10.183.3.92:mississippi/mississippi-mcu-platform-x86_gtest.git
+	branch = master
+	commit = 71472440d8296fe81d0891a972d6677288c64590
+	parent = 24552e91a4f68cd15d944c09c2a7a8d7d7e2183c
+	method = merge
+	cmdver = 0.4.0
diff --git a/platforms/test/build-googletest.sh b/platforms/test/build-googletest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..86f54a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/test/build-googletest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+OUTDIR="$1"
+cd "$SCRIPTDIR"/googletest
+cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-m32 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="../$OUTDIR" .
+make -j8 && make install
+rm install_manifest.txt
+