diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index dae4b2d0d..00d2e82a7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -499,8 +499,9 @@ config_options = [
         True),
     EnumVariable(
         'system_googletest',
-        """Select whether to use gtest from system installation ('y'), from a
-           Git submodule ('n'), or to decide automatically ('default').""",
+        """Select whether to use gtest/gmock from system
+           installation ('y'), from a Git submodule ('n'), or to decide
+           automatically ('default').""",
         'default', ('default', 'y', 'n')),
     (
         'env_vars',
@@ -844,15 +845,19 @@ if env['system_fmt'] in ('n', 'default'):
 
 # Check for googletest and checkout submodule if needed
 if env['system_googletest'] in ('y', 'default'):
-    if conf.CheckCXXHeader('gtest/gtest.h', '""'):
+    has_gtest = conf.CheckCXXHeader('gtest/gtest.h', '""')
+    has_gmock = conf.CheckCXXHeader('gmock/gmock.h', '""')
+    if has_gtest and has_gmock:
         env['system_googletest'] = True
     elif env['system_googletest'] == 'y':
-        config_error('Expected system installation of Googletest, but it '
+        config_error('Expected system installation of Googletest-1.8.0, but it '
                      'could not be found.')
 
 if env['system_googletest'] in ('n', 'default'):
     env['system_googletest'] = False
-    if not os.path.exists('ext/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h'):
+    has_gtest = os.path.exists('ext/googletest/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h')
+    has_gmock = os.path.exists('ext/googletest/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock.h')
+    if not (has_gtest and has_gmock):
         if not os.path.exists('.git'):
             config_error('Googletest is missing. Install source in ext/googletest.')
 
diff --git a/ext/SConscript b/ext/SConscript
index 8af5cbbc4..2e0b19192 100644
--- a/ext/SConscript
+++ b/ext/SConscript
@@ -18,11 +18,21 @@ def prep_default(env):
 
 def prep_gtest(env):
     localenv = prep_default(env)
-    localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=[Dir('#ext/googletest'),
-                              Dir('#ext/googletest/include')],
-                    CPPDEFINES={'GTEST_HAS_PTHREAD': 0})
+    localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=[Dir('#ext/googletest/googletest'),
+                              Dir('#ext/googletest/googletest/include')],
+                     CPPDEFINES={'GTEST_HAS_PTHREAD': 0})
     return localenv
 
+
+def prep_gmock(env):
+    localenv = prep_default(env)
+    localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=[Dir('#ext/googletest/googletest/include'),
+                              Dir('#ext/googletest/googlemock'),
+                              Dir('#ext/googletest/googlemock/include')],
+                     CPPDEFINES={'GTEST_HAS_PTHREAD': 0})
+    return localenv
+
+
 def prep_fmt(env):
     localenv = prep_default(env)
     if not env['system_fmt']:
@@ -82,7 +92,10 @@ if not env['system_eigen']:
 if not env['system_googletest']:
     localenv = prep_gtest(env)
     gtest = build(localenv.Library('../lib/gtest',
-                                   source=['googletest/src/gtest-all.cc']))
+                                   source=['googletest/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc']))
+    localenv = prep_gmock(env)
+    gmock = build(localenv.Library('../lib/gmock',
+                                   source=['googletest/googlemock/src/gmock-all.cc']))
 
 # Create license file containing licenses for Cantera and all included packages
 def generate_license(target, source, env):
diff --git a/ext/googletest b/ext/googletest
index c99458533..ec44c6c16 160000
--- a/ext/googletest
+++ b/ext/googletest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908
+Subproject commit ec44c6c1675c25b9827aacd08c02433cccde7780
diff --git a/test/SConscript b/test/SConscript
index 8ebd0806d..d63038faa 100644
--- a/test/SConscript
+++ b/test/SConscript
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ else:
 localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=['#include'],
                  LIBPATH='#build/lib')
 if not env['system_googletest']:
-    localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=['#ext/googletest/include'])
-localenv.Append(LIBS=['gtest'] + cantera_libs,
+    localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=['#ext/googletest/googletest/include',
+                              '#ext/googletest/googlemock/include'])
+localenv.Append(LIBS=['gtest', 'gmock'] + cantera_libs,
                 CCFLAGS=env['warning_flags'])
 
 # Turn of optimization to speed up compilation