diff --git a/wpimath/CMakeLists.txt b/wpimath/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b5fa65e139..e2b95883c46 100644
--- a/wpimath/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wpimath/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -277,8 +277,22 @@ configure_file(wpimath-config.cmake.in ${WPILIB_BINARY_DIR}/wpimath-config.cmake
 install(FILES ${WPILIB_BINARY_DIR}/wpimath-config.cmake DESTINATION share/wpimath)
 install(EXPORT wpimath DESTINATION share/wpimath)
 
-if(WITH_TESTS)
-    wpilib_add_test(wpimath src/test/native/cpp)
-    target_include_directories(wpimath_test PRIVATE src/test/native/include)
-    target_link_libraries(wpimath_test wpimath gmock_main)
+# if(WITH_TESTS)
+#     wpilib_add_test(wpimath src/test/native/cpp)
+#     target_include_directories(wpimath_test PRIVATE src/test/native/include)
+#     target_link_libraries(wpimath_test wpimath gmock_main)
+# endif()
+
+add_executable(wpimath_test2 src/test/quick_test.cpp)
+if(MSVC)
+    target_compile_options(wpimath_test2 PRIVATE /wd4101 /wd4251)
 endif()
+add_test(NAME wpimath COMMAND wpimath_test2)
+add_custom_command(
+    TARGET wpimath_test2
+    POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND echo built wpimath_test2
+    VERBATIM
+)
+target_link_libraries(wpimath_test2 wpimath)
+
diff --git a/wpimath/src/test/quick_test.cpp b/wpimath/src/test/quick_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb818c40886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wpimath/src/test/quick_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) FIRST and other WPILib contributors.
+// Open Source Software; you can modify and/or share it under the terms of
+// the WPILib BSD license file in the root directory of this project.
+
+#include <wpi/protobuf/Protobuf.h>
+
+#include "frc/system/plant/DCMotor.h"
+#include "plant.pb.h"
+
+int main(int arc, char** argv) {
+  const frc::DCMotor kExpectedData = frc::DCMotor{units::volt_t{1.91},
+                                                  units::newton_meter_t{19.1},
+                                                  units::ampere_t{1.74},
+                                                  units::ampere_t{2.29},
+                                                  units::radians_per_second_t{2.2},
+                                                  2};
+  google::protobuf::Arena arena;
+  google::protobuf::Message* proto = wpi::Protobuf<frc::DCMotor>::New(&arena);
+  wpi::PackProtobuf(proto, kExpectedData);
+  frc::DCMotor unpacked_data = wpi::UnpackProtobuf<frc::DCMotor>(*proto);
+
+  if (unpacked_data.nominalVoltage.value() != kExpectedData.nominalVoltage.value()) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}