diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63bb6c7d..11353f21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,21 @@ endif()
 
 ################################################################################
 
-find_package(mdspan REQUIRED)
+find_package(mdspan QUIET)
+if (NOT mdspan_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "No installed mdspan found, fetching from Github")
+  include(FetchContent)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    mdspan
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/kokkos/mdspan.git
+    GIT_TAG        stable
+  )
+  FetchContent_GetProperties(mdspan)
+  if(NOT mdspan_POPULATED)
+    FetchContent_Populate(mdspan)
+    add_subdirectory(${mdspan_SOURCE_DIR} ${mdspan_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  endif()
+endif()
 
 find_package(BLAS)
 option(LINALG_ENABLE_BLAS
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ac604650..41968c9a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+find_package(GTest)
+if (NOT GTest_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "No installed GTest found, fetching from Github")
+  include(FetchContent)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    googletest
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+    GIT_TAG        release-1.11.0
+  )
+  # need to set the variables in CACHE due to CMP0077
+  set(gtest_disable_pthreads ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  if(MSVC)
+    set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  endif()
+  FetchContent_GetProperties(googletest)
+  if(NOT googletest_POPULATED)
+    FetchContent_Populate(googletest)
+    add_subdirectory(${googletest_SOURCE_DIR} ${googletest_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  endif()
+  add_library(GTest::Main ALIAS gtest_main)
+  add_library(GTest::GTest ALIAS gtest)
+endif()
 
 macro(linalg_add_test name)
   add_executable(${name} ${name}.cpp)