diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..b154832 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+test_gen_project
diff --git a/request.bin b/data/request.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from request.bin
rename to data/request.bin
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4d2d139..00db91e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 pub mod proto_gen;
 pub mod generator;
 // Uncomment this to check if the code compiles
-#[path = "../proto/google/protobuf/descriptor.rs"]
-pub mod descriptor;
+// #[path = "../proto/google/protobuf/descriptor.rs"]
+// pub mod descriptor;
 
 use std::fmt;
 
diff --git a/tests/build_generated_code.rs b/tests/build_generated_code.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb25bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/build_generated_code.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_generated_code_builds() {
+    // 1. Generate Rust code from data/request.bin
+    let request_path = "data/request.bin";
+    let data = fs::read(request_path).expect("Failed to read request.bin");
+    let request = roto::proto_gen::google::protobuf::descriptor::CodeGeneratorRequest::new(&data)
+        .expect("Failed to parse CodeGeneratorRequest");
+
+    // Mimic the logic from protoc-gen-roto to build a FileDescriptorSet
+    let mut set_buf = Vec::new();
+    for file_res in request.proto_file() {
+        let (file_data, _) = file_res.expect("Failed to iterate proto_file");
+
+        // Tag 1, Length-delimited: (1 << 3) | 2 = 10
+        set_buf.push(10);
+
+        // Write length as varint
+        let len = file_data.len() as u64;
+        let mut len_buf = [0u8; 10];
+        let len_size = roto::write_varint(len, &mut len_buf).expect("Failed to write varint length");
+        set_buf.extend_from_slice(&len_buf[..len_size]);
+
+        // Write data
+        set_buf.extend_from_slice(file_data);
+    }
+    let set = roto::proto_gen::google::protobuf::descriptor::FileDescriptorSet::new(&set_buf)
+        .expect("Failed to create FileDescriptorSet");
+
+    let generated_code = roto::generator::generate_rust_code(&set);
+    assert!(!generated_code.is_empty(), "Generated code should not be empty");
+
+    // 2. Setup a temporary Cargo project to verify the code builds
+    let root = std::env::current_dir().expect("Failed to get current directory");
+    let temp_project_dir = root.join("test_gen_project");
+
+    // Clean up previous runs
+    if temp_project_dir.exists() {
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&temp_project_dir).expect("Failed to clean up temp project directory");
+    }
+
+    // Create new library project
+    let status = Command::new("cargo")
+        .args(["new", "--lib", "test_gen_project"])
+        .current_dir(&root)
+        .status()
+        .expect("Failed to run cargo new");
+    assert!(status.success(), "cargo new failed");
+
+    // 3. Configure the project to depend on the current roto crate
+    let cargo_toml_path = temp_project_dir.join("Cargo.toml");
+    let cargo_toml_content = fs::read_to_string(&cargo_toml_path).expect("Failed to read Cargo.toml");
+    let updated_cargo_toml = format!(
+        "{}\n\nroto = {{ path = \"..\" }}",
+        cargo_toml_content
+    );
+    fs::write(cargo_toml_path, updated_cargo_toml).expect("Failed to write Cargo.toml");
+
+    // 4. Write the generated code to src/lib.rs
+    // The generated code uses `use crate::{...}`, but it's now in a separate crate.
+    // Replace `crate` with `roto` to reference the types in the dependency.
+    let final_code = generated_code.replace("use crate::", "use roto::");
+    let lib_path = temp_project_dir.join("src/lib.rs");
+    fs::write(lib_path, final_code).expect("Failed to write generated code to src/lib.rs");
+
+    // 5. Attempt to build the project
+    let build_status = Command::new("cargo")
+        .args(["build"])
+        .current_dir(&temp_project_dir)
+        .status()
+        .expect("Failed to run cargo build");
+
+    assert!(build_status.success(), "The generated Rust code failed to build in a standalone project!");
+}