diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dbf367d9c..a1d05d120 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ test/Testing/Temporary/CTestCostData.txt
 *.log
 .Rproj.user
 *.png
+test/build
+.vscode
+build
+.Rhistory
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 231b65fb4..45ec0cf87 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,13 +57,22 @@ endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 include("Eigen.cmake")
 GetEigen()
 
+#if(NOT DEFINED BOOST)
+#  message(FATAL_ERROR "This program requires the boost library, and will not be compiled.")
+#else()
+#  message(STATUS "BOOST is DEFINED")
+#endif()
+
+include("lp_solver.cmake")
+Get_LP_Solver()
+
 include("Boost.cmake")
 GetBoost()
 
 include("lp_solver.cmake")
 Get_LP_Solver()
 
-#find_library(LP_SOLVE NAMES liblpsolve55.so liblpsolve55.dylib PATHS /usr/lib/lp_solve /opt/local/lib)
+find_library(LP_SOLVE NAMES liblpsolve55.so liblpsolve55.dylib PATHS /usr/lib/lp_solve /opt/local/lib)
 
 if (NOT LP_SOLVE)
 
@@ -71,15 +80,13 @@ if (NOT LP_SOLVE)
 
 else ()
 
+  message(STATUS "Library lp_solve found: ${LP_SOLVE}")
   set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "ON")
 
   include_directories (BEFORE ../external)
   include_directories (BEFORE ../external/minimum_ellipsoid)
-  #include_directories (BEFORE ../include/cartesian_geom)
-  #include_directories (BEFORE ../include/convex_bodies)
-  include_directories (BEFORE _deps/lpsolve-src)
-  include_directories (BEFORE ../external/boost)
-  #include_directories (BEFORE BOOST)
+  include_directories (BEFORE ../external/LPsolve_src/run_headers)
+  include_directories (BEFORE build/_deps/lpsolve-src)
   include_directories (BEFORE ../include/generators)
   include_directories (BEFORE ../include/volume)
   include_directories (BEFORE ../include)
diff --git a/test/_deps/lpsolve-subbuild/CMakeLists.txt b/test/_deps/lpsolve-subbuild/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c54759f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/_deps/lpsolve-subbuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.3)
+
+# We name the project and the target for the ExternalProject_Add() call
+# to something that will highlight to the user what we are working on if
+# something goes wrong and an error message is produced.
+
+project(lpsolve-populate NONE)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(lpsolve-populate
+                     "UPDATE_DISCONNECTED" "False" "URL" "https://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/files/lpsolve/5.5.2.11/lp_solve_5.5.2.11_source.tar.gz/download" "URL_HASH" "MD5=a829a8d9c60ff81dc72ff52363703886"
+                    SOURCE_DIR          "/home/manav/volesti_fork/test/_deps/lpsolve-src"
+                    BINARY_DIR          "/home/manav/volesti_fork/test/_deps/lpsolve-build"
+                    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ""
+                    BUILD_COMMAND       ""
+                    INSTALL_COMMAND     ""
+                    TEST_COMMAND        ""
+                    USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD  YES
+                    USES_TERMINAL_UPDATE    YES
+)
diff --git a/test/lp_solver.cmake b/test/lp_solver.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f8ec1b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lp_solver.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+function(Get_LP_Solver)
+    find_path(LPSOLVE_DIR NAMES LPsolve_src PATHS ../../external)
+    
+    if(NOT LPSOLVE_DIR)
+    
+        include(FetchContent)
+            FetchContent_Declare(
+                lpSolve 
+                URL https://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/files/lpsolve/5.5.2.11/lp_solve_5.5.2.11_source.tar.gz/download 
+                URL_HASH MD5=a829a8d9c60ff81dc72ff52363703886
+            )
+        
+            FetchContent_GetProperties(lpSolve)
+            
+            if(NOT lpSolve_POPULATE)
+                message(STATUS "Downloading lp_solve.")
+                FetchContent_Populate(lpSolve)
+                message(STATUS "Download complete")
+
+                set(LPSOLVE_DIR ${lpSolve_SOURCE_DIR})
+                message(STATUS "Using downloaded lp_solve at: ${LPSOLVE_DIR}")
+
+            else()
+                message(STATUS "lp_solve found:  ${LPSOLVE_DIR}")
+
+            endif()
+        
+            set(LPSOLVE_DIR "_deps/lpsolve-src")
+            message(STATUS "Using downloaded lp_solve at: ${LPSOLVE_DIR}")
+
+    endif()
+
+        include_directories(${LPSOLVE_DIR})
+        
+endfunction()