diff --git a/paddle/majel/.gitignore b/paddle/majel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f5acdebb56971202b63d2485e2ac5042786f13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/majel/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build
+third-party
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
index f1cd4ee9a1d5e8eca251238009a4d871684692a9..f3bc984a26a84493175b57b49923161b451350f2 100644
--- a/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+
+if(GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND GTEST_LIBRARIES)
+    message("-- Found gtest (include: ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR}, library: ${GTEST_LIBRARIES})")
+else()
+    # find #include <majel/xx.h>
+    get_filename_component(PARENT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} DIRECTORY)
+    include_directories(${PARENT_DIR})
+
+    # find cmake directory modules
+    get_filename_component(PARENT_DIR ${PARENT_DIR} DIRECTORY)
+    set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PARENT_DIR}/cmake")
+
+    # enable c++11
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+
+    # enable gtest
+    set(THIRD_PARTY_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party)
+    set(WITH_TESTING ON)
+    include(external/gtest)
+endif()
+
+########################### Build Majel #############################
 set(MAJEL_CXX_FILES place.cpp)
 set(MAJEL_CUDA_FILES "")
 
@@ -6,10 +29,6 @@ if(CUDA_FOUND)
 else()
     add_library(majel ${MAJEL_CXX_FILES})
 endif()
+########################### Build Majel #############################
 
-file(GLOB_RECURSE CHECK_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp" "*.h")
-add_style_check_target(majel ${CHECK_FILES})
-
-if(WITH_TESTING)
-    add_subdirectory(test)
-endif()
+add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a07b1bf5d8585589dddb9ac7823ecf7e4908f057..0cc7103b0391184951c3d5c0511ef790e1bcbd2d 100644
--- a/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE ALL_TEST_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp" "*.cc")
 
 add_executable(majel_tests ${ALL_TEST_FILES})
-add_dependencies(majel_tests majel ${external_project_dependencies})
+add_dependencies(majel_tests majel)
 target_link_libraries(majel_tests     
                       ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
                       ${GTEST_LIBRARIES}