diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a32606ab969..62d72a30e989 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ SET(${PROJECT_NAME}_ENABLE_CPACK_PACKAGING_DEFAULT ON)
 # Don't allow disabled subpackages to be excluded from tarball
 SET(${PROJECT_NAME}_EXCLUDE_DISABLED_SUBPACKAGES_FROM_DISTRIBUTION_DEFAULT FALSE)
 
+
 SET(Trilinos_USE_GNUINSTALLDIRS_DEFAULT ON)
 
 SET(Trilinos_MUST_FIND_ALL_TPL_LIBS_DEFAULT TRUE)
diff --git a/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ea4927123de..a3e338efadaa 100644
--- a/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ tribits_add_advanced_test(find_package_Trilinos
       "-- Configuring done"
       "-- Generating done"
     ALWAYS_FAIL_ON_NONZERO_RETURN
+
+  TEST_1
+    MESSAGE "Build a dummy project that calls find_package(Trilinos)"
+    CMND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+    ARGS --build .
+
   ADDED_TEST_NAME_OUT  find_package_Trilinos_name
   )
   # NOTE: The above test will run find_package(Trilinos) for **all** of the
diff --git a/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/CMakeLists.txt
index d748f0ecb8ff..80a46e6c44f4 100644
--- a/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ find_package(Trilinos REQUIRED)
 message("Trilinos_FOUND = '${Trilinos_FOUND}'")
 message("Trilinos_SELECTED_PACAKGES_LIST = '${Trilinos_SELECTED_PACAKGES_LIST}'")
 message("Trilinos_LIBRARIES = '${Trilinos_LIBRARIES}'")
+
+add_executable(hello hello.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(hello PUBLIC ${Trilinos_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/hello.cpp b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/hello.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7867d625af45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/TrilinosInstallTests/find_package_Trilinos/hello.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "Hello World!";
+    return 0;
+}