diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c784f3c7..6eda4233 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(googletest-distribution)
 set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.16.0)
+project(googletest-distribution
+  VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}
+  DESCRIPTION "Google's C++ test framework"
+  HOMEPAGE_URL "https://google.github.io/googletest"
+  LANGUAGES CXX
+)
+
+if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  set(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL TRUE)
+endif()
 
 if(NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MSYS AND NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL QNX)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
@@ -17,7 +26,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 # Note that googlemock target already builds googletest.
 option(BUILD_GMOCK "Builds the googlemock subproject" ON)
-option(INSTALL_GTEST "Enable installation of googletest. (Projects embedding googletest may want to turn this OFF.)" ON)
+option(INSTALL_GTEST "Enable installation of googletest. (Projects embedding googletest may want to turn this OFF.)" ${PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL})
 option(GTEST_HAS_ABSL "Use Abseil and RE2. Requires Abseil and RE2 to be separately added to the build." OFF)
 
 if(GTEST_HAS_ABSL)
@@ -34,3 +43,12 @@ if(BUILD_GMOCK)
 else()
   add_subdirectory( googletest )
 endif()
+
+if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
+  set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "GTest") # same as the name in `find_package`
+  set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Google")
+  set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+  set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+  set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+  include(CPack)
+endif()