diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c6af0e..ae3de42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@
 tests/test-encode-decode-interest
 tests/test-get-async
 tests/test-publish-async
+
+# Tests using Boost's unit test framework
+tests_boost/unit-tests
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 951e891..ccf8ee0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libndn-c.la libndn-cpp.la
 
 # "make install" will also install the include headers.
-SUBDIRS = include . tests
+SUBDIRS = include .
+
+if COMPILE_TESTS
+  SUBDIRS += tests
+if HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
+  SUBDIRS += tests_boost
+endif
+endif
 
 # Just the C code.
 ## To regenerate:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5e19152..1bac2be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@
   ],
   []
 )
+AX_BOOST_ASIO
+
+AC_ARG_WITH([tests],
+  AS_HELP_STRING(
+      [--with-tests],
+      [Enable compilation of library tests (disabled by default).]
+  ),
+  [
+    want_tests="yes"
+    AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPILE_TESTS, true)
+  ],
+  [
+    want_tests="no"
+    AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPILE_TESTS, false)
+  ]
+)
+
+AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
+AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK, [test "x$ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gmtime support])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
@@ -135,5 +155,6 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  include/Makefile
-                 tests/Makefile])
+                 tests/Makefile
+                 tests_boost/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_asio.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_asio.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57d487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_boost_asio.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+#       http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_asio.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_BOOST_ASIO
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   Test for Asio library from the Boost C++ libraries. The macro requires a
+#   preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further documentation is available at
+#   <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
+#
+#   This macro calls:
+#
+#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_ASIO_LIB)
+#
+#   And sets:
+#
+#     HAVE_BOOST_ASIO
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Pete Greenwell <pete@mu.org>
+#
+#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
+#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
+#   warranty.
+
+#serial 16
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_ASIO],
+[
+	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-asio],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-asio@<:@=special-lib@:>@],
+                   [use the ASIO library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
+                        e.g. --with-boost-asio=boost_system-gcc41-mt-1_34 ]),
+        [
+        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
+			want_boost="no"
+        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
+            want_boost="yes"
+            ax_boost_user_asio_lib=""
+        else
+		    want_boost="yes"
+		ax_boost_user_asio_lib="$withval"
+		fi
+        ],
+        [want_boost="yes"]
+	)
+
+	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+		export CPPFLAGS
+
+		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
+		export LDFLAGS
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::ASIO library is available,
+					   ax_cv_boost_asio,
+        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+		 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[ @%:@include <boost/asio.hpp>
+											]],
+                                  [[
+
+                                    boost::asio::io_service io;
+                                    boost::system::error_code timer_result;
+                                    boost::asio::deadline_timer t(io);
+                                    t.cancel();
+                                    io.run_one();
+									return 0;
+                                   ]])],
+                             ax_cv_boost_asio=yes, ax_cv_boost_asio=no)
+         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+		])
+		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_asio" = "xyes"; then
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_ASIO,,[define if the Boost::ASIO library is available])
+			BN=boost_system
+			BOOSTLIBDIR=`echo $BOOST_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/@<:@^\/@:>@*//'`
+            if test "x$ax_boost_user_asio_lib" = "x"; then
+				for ax_lib in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_system*.so* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_system*.dylib* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_system*.a* 2>/dev/null | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^lib\(boost_system.*\)\.so.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_system.*\)\.dylib.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_system.*\)\.a.*$;\1;' ` ; do
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_ASIO_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_ASIO_LIB) link_thread="yes" break],
+                                 [link_thread="no"])
+				done
+            else
+               for ax_lib in $ax_boost_user_asio_lib $BN-$ax_boost_user_asio_lib; do
+				      AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
+                                   [BOOST_ASIO_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_ASIO_LIB) link_asio="yes" break],
+                                   [link_asio="no"])
+                  done
+
+            fi
+            if test "x$ax_lib" = "x"; then
+                AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find a version of the library!)
+            fi
+			if test "x$link_asio" = "xno"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
+	fi
+])
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_system.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_system.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4c4555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_boost_system.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+#      http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_system.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   Test for System library from the Boost C++ libraries. The macro requires
+#   a preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further documentation is available at
+#   <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
+#
+#   This macro calls:
+#
+#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB)
+#
+#   And sets:
+#
+#     HAVE_BOOST_SYSTEM
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Michael Tindal
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel Casimiro <dan.casimiro@gmail.com>
+#
+#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
+#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
+#   warranty.
+
+#serial 17
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_SYSTEM],
+[
+	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-system],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-system@<:@=special-lib@:>@],
+                   [use the System library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
+                        e.g. --with-boost-system=boost_system-gcc-mt ]),
+        [
+        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
+			want_boost="no"
+        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
+            want_boost="yes"
+            ax_boost_user_system_lib=""
+        else
+		    want_boost="yes"
+		ax_boost_user_system_lib="$withval"
+		fi
+        ],
+        [want_boost="yes"]
+	)
+
+	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+        AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_BUILD])
+		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+		export CPPFLAGS
+
+		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
+		export LDFLAGS
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::System library is available,
+					   ax_cv_boost_system,
+        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+			 CXXFLAGS_SAVE=$CXXFLAGS
+
+			 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>]],
+                                   [[boost::system::system_category]])],
+                   ax_cv_boost_system=yes, ax_cv_boost_system=no)
+			 CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS_SAVE
+             AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+		])
+		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_system" = "xyes"; then
+			AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
+
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_SYSTEM,,[define if the Boost::System library is available])
+            BOOSTLIBDIR=`echo $BOOST_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/@<:@^\/@:>@*//'`
+
+			LDFLAGS_SAVE=$LDFLAGS
+            if test "x$ax_boost_user_system_lib" = "x"; then
+                for libextension in `ls -r $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_system* 2>/dev/null | sed 's,.*/lib,,' | sed 's,\..*,,'` ; do
+                     ax_lib=${libextension}
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                 [BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) link_system="yes"; break],
+                                 [link_system="no"])
+				done
+                if test "x$link_system" != "xyes"; then
+                for libextension in `ls -r $BOOSTLIBDIR/boost_system* 2>/dev/null | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's,\..*,,'` ; do
+                     ax_lib=${libextension}
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                 [BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) link_system="yes"; break],
+                                 [link_system="no"])
+				done
+                fi
+
+            else
+               for ax_lib in $ax_boost_user_system_lib boost_system-$ax_boost_user_system_lib; do
+				      AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                   [BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) link_system="yes"; break],
+                                   [link_system="no"])
+                  done
+
+            fi
+            if test "x$ax_lib" = "x"; then
+                AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find a version of the library!)
+            fi
+			if test "x$link_system" = "xno"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
+	fi
+])
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1115f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# ================================================================================
+#  http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.html
+# ================================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   Test for Unit_Test_Framework library from the Boost C++ libraries. The
+#   macro requires a preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further documentation
+#   is available at <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
+#
+#   This macro calls:
+#
+#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
+#
+#   And sets:
+#
+#     HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
+#
+#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
+#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
+#   warranty.
+
+#serial 19
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK],
+[
+	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-unit-test-framework],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-unit-test-framework@<:@=special-lib@:>@],
+                   [use the Unit_Test_Framework library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
+                        e.g. --with-boost-unit-test-framework=boost_unit_test_framework-gcc ]),
+        [
+        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
+			want_boost="no"
+        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
+            want_boost="yes"
+            ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib=""
+        else
+		    want_boost="yes"
+		ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib="$withval"
+		fi
+        ],
+        [want_boost="yes"]
+	)
+
+	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+		export CPPFLAGS
+
+		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
+		export LDFLAGS
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available,
+					   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework,
+        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+			 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>]],
+                                    [[using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
+							 test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" ); return 0;]])],
+                   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=yes, ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=no)
+         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+		])
+		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK,,[define if the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available])
+            BOOSTLIBDIR=`echo $BOOST_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/@<:@^\/@:>@*//'`
+
+            if test "x$ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib" = "x"; then
+			saved_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
+                for monitor_library in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_unit_test_framework*.so* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_unit_test_framework*.dylib* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_unit_test_framework*.a* 2>/dev/null` ; do
+                    if test -r $monitor_library ; then
+                       libextension=`echo $monitor_library | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^lib\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.so.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.dylib.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.a.*$;\1;'`
+                       ax_lib=${libextension}
+                       link_unit_test_framework="yes"
+                    else
+                       link_unit_test_framework="no"
+                    fi
+
+			    if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
+                      BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"
+                      AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
+					  break
+				    fi
+                done
+                if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" != "xyes"; then
+                for libextension in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/boost_unit_test_framework*.dll* $BOOSTLIBDIR/boost_unit_test_framework*.a* 2>/dev/null  | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.dll.*$;\1;' -e 's;^\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.a.*$;\1;'` ; do
+                     ax_lib=${libextension}
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                 [BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB) link_unit_test_framework="yes"; break],
+                                 [link_unit_test_framework="no"])
+				done
+                fi
+            else
+                link_unit_test_framework="no"
+			saved_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
+                for ax_lib in boost_unit_test_framework-$ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib $ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib ; do
+                   if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
+                      break;
+                   fi
+                   for unittest_library in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/lib${ax_lib}.so* $BOOSTLIBDIR/lib${ax_lib}.a* 2>/dev/null` ; do
+                   if test -r $unittest_library ; then
+                       libextension=`echo $unittest_library | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^lib\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.so.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_unit_test_framework.*\)\.a*$;\1;'`
+                       ax_lib=${libextension}
+                       link_unit_test_framework="yes"
+                    else
+                       link_unit_test_framework="no"
+                    fi
+
+				if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
+                        BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"
+                        AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
+					    break
+				    fi
+                  done
+               done
+            fi
+            if test "x$ax_lib" = "x"; then
+                AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find a version of the library!)
+            fi
+			if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" != "xyes"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
+	fi
+])
diff --git a/tests_boost/Makefile.am b/tests_boost/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf187a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_boost/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS=unit-tests
+
+# for i in `find . -name '*.cpp'`; do echo "  $i \\"; done
+unit_tests_SOURCES = \
+  main.cpp \
+  test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp \
+  test-encode-decode-data.cpp \
+  test-encode-decode-interest.cpp
+
+unit_tests_LDADD = ../libndn-cpp.la @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB@
diff --git a/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp b/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
index 4743c95..9acc569 100644
--- a/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
+++ b/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 #include <ndn-cpp/security/certificate/certificate.hpp>
 #include <ndn-cpp/security/certificate/public-key.hpp>
 
+#if __clang__
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wtautological-compare"
+#endif
+
 #include <cryptopp/cryptlib.h>
 #include <cryptopp/rsa.h>
 #include <cryptopp/files.h>
diff --git a/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-data.cpp b/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-data.cpp
index a89011b..198fe71 100644
--- a/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-data.cpp
+++ b/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-data.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 
+#if __clang__
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wtautological-compare"
+#endif
+
+
 #include <cryptopp/rsa.h>
 #include <cryptopp/osrng.h>
 #include <cryptopp/files.h>
@@ -187,8 +193,6 @@
 
   Block dataBlock;
   BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(dataBlock = d.wireEncode());
-  ofstream of("data.tlv");
-  of.write((const char*)dataBlock.wire(), dataBlock.size());
 
   BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(Data1, Data1+sizeof(Data1),
                                dataBlock.begin(), dataBlock.end());