diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+config.substitutions.append(("%cmake", config.host_cmake))
+config.substitutions.append(("%host_cxx", config.host_cxx))
+config.substitutions.append(("%host_cc", config.host_cc))
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# RUN: %cmake %mlir_src_root/examples/standalone -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc -DMLIR_DIR=%llvm_lib_dir/cmake/mlir ; %cmake --build . --target check-standalone-opt | tee %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: Expected Passes: 1
+# UNSUPPORTED: windows, android
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
--- a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 config.substitutions.append(('%PATH%', config.environment['PATH']))
 config.substitutions.append(('%shlibext', config.llvm_shlib_ext))
+config.substitutions.append(("%mlir_src_root", config.mlir_src_root))
 
 llvm_config.with_system_environment(
     ['HOME', 'INCLUDE', 'LIB', 'TMP', 'TEMP'])
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 config.host_os = "@HOST_OS@"
 config.host_cc = "@HOST_CC@"
 config.host_cxx = "@HOST_CXX@"
+config.host_cmake = "@CMAKE_COMMAND@"
 # Note: ldflags can contain double-quoted paths, so must use single quotes here.
 config.host_ldflags = '@HOST_LDFLAGS@'
 config.llvm_use_sanitizer = "@LLVM_USE_SANITIZER@"