diff --git a/syncthingconnector/CMakeLists.txt b/syncthingconnector/CMakeLists.txt
index d74dcb1..fe9bd88 100644
--- a/syncthingconnector/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/syncthingconnector/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,5 +150,39 @@ if (META_MAIN_TEST_NAME)
     set_tests_properties("${META_MAIN_TEST_NAME}" PROPERTIES RESOURCE_LOCK "syncthingtestinstance")
 endif ()
 
+# add additional library with mocked SyncthingConnector class so models can be tested without running Syncthing itself
+if (EXCLUDE_TESTS_FROM_ALL)
+    set(TESTS_EXCLUSION EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+else ()
+    unset(TESTS_EXCLUSION)
+endif ()
+add_library(
+    ${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked
+    ${TESTS_EXCLUSION}
+    OBJECT
+    syncthingconnection.h
+    syncthingconnection.cpp
+    syncthingconnection_requests.cpp
+    syncthingconnectionmockhelpers.h
+    syncthingconnectionmockhelpers.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(
+    ${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked
+    PUBLIC ${META_ADDITIONAL_LINK_FLAGS} "${PUBLIC_LIBRARIES}"
+    PRIVATE "${PRIVATE_LIBRARIES}")
+target_include_directories(
+    ${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked
+    PUBLIC ${TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY_BUILD_INTERFACE} ${TARGET_GENERATED_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY} ${PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    PRIVATE ${PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_compile_definitions(
+    ${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked
+    PUBLIC ${META_PUBLIC_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS} ${META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER}_MOCKED
+           ${META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER}_CONNECTION_MOCKED SyncthingConnection=SyncthingConnectionMocked
+    PRIVATE "${META_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}")
+target_compile_options(
+    ${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked
+    PUBLIC "${META_PUBLIC_COMPILE_OPTIONS}"
+    PRIVATE "${META_PRIVATE_COMPILE_OPTIONS}")
+set_target_properties(${META_TARGET_NAME}_mocked PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD "${META_CXX_STANDARD}")
+
 include(Doxygen)
 include(ConfigHeader)
diff --git a/syncthingconnector/syncthingconnection.cpp b/syncthingconnector/syncthingconnection.cpp
index 701132e..c7c3c76 100644
--- a/syncthingconnector/syncthingconnection.cpp
+++ b/syncthingconnector/syncthingconnection.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ using namespace CppUtilities::EscapeCodes;
 
 namespace Data {
 
+#ifndef LIB_SYNCTHING_CONNECTOR_MOCKED
 /*!
  * \brief Returns the QNetworkAccessManager instance used by SyncthingConnection instances.
  */
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ QNetworkAccessManager &networkAccessManager()
     static auto networkAccessManager = new QNetworkAccessManager;
     return *networkAccessManager;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
  * \class SyncthingConnection
diff --git a/syncthingmodel/CMakeLists.txt b/syncthingmodel/CMakeLists.txt
index 1076233..b966bac 100644
--- a/syncthingmodel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/syncthingmodel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(META_APP_NAME "Data models of Syncthing Tray")
 set(META_APP_DESCRIPTION "Data models of Syncthing Tray")
 set(META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER LIB_SYNCTHING_MODEL)
 set(META_PUBLIC_QT_MODULES Gui Widgets)
+set(META_SRCDIR_REFS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../syncthingconnector")
 
 # add project files
 set(HEADER_FILES
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ set(RES_FILES resources/${META_PROJECT_NAME}icons.qrc)
 set(TS_FILES translations/${META_PROJECT_NAME}_zh_CN.ts translations/${META_PROJECT_NAME}_cs_CZ.ts
              translations/${META_PROJECT_NAME}_de_DE.ts translations/${META_PROJECT_NAME}_en_US.ts)
 
+set(QT_TESTS models)
+set(QT_TEST_SRC_FILES_models syncthingicons.cpp syncthingmodel.cpp syncthingdirectorymodel.cpp)
+
 # find c++utilities
 find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
@@ -63,3 +67,20 @@ include(WindowsResources)
 include(LibraryTarget)
 include(Doxygen)
 include(ConfigHeader)
+
+# configure test target
+include(TestUtilities)
+list(APPEND QT_TEST_LIBRARIES ${LIB_SYNCTHING_CONNECTOR_LIB}_mocked ${CPP_UTILITIES_LIB})
+use_qt_module(LIBRARIES_VARIABLE "QT_TEST_LIBRARIES" PREFIX "${QT_PACKAGE_PREFIX}" MODULE "Test")
+foreach (TEST ${QT_TESTS})
+    configure_test_target(
+        TEST_NAME
+        "${TEST}_tests"
+        SRC_FILES
+        ${QT_TEST_SRC_FILES_${TEST}}
+        "tests/${TEST}.cpp"
+        LIBRARIES
+        "${QT_TEST_LIBRARIES}"
+        FULL_TEST_NAME_OUT_VAR
+        FULL_TEST_NAME_${TEST})
+endforeach ()
diff --git a/syncthingmodel/tests/models.cpp b/syncthingmodel/tests/models.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa9958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syncthingmodel/tests/models.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include "../syncthingdirectorymodel.h"
+
+#include <syncthingconnector/syncthingconnection.h>
+
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+
+#include <QEventLoop>
+#include <QTimer>
+
+#include <qtutilities/misc/compat.h>
+
+class ModelTests : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void initTestCase();
+    void cleanupTestCase();
+
+    void testDirectoryModel();
+
+private:
+    QTimer m_timeout;
+    QEventLoop m_loop;
+    Data::SyncthingConnection m_connection;
+};
+
+void ModelTests::initTestCase()
+{
+    // setup timeout
+    m_timeout.setSingleShot(true);
+    m_timeout.setInterval(5000);
+    m_timeout.start();
+    connect(&m_timeout, &QTimer::timeout, this, [this] {
+        m_loop.quit();
+        QFAIL("Timeout exceeded when loading mocked config/status for test");
+    });
+
+    // request config and status and wait until available
+    connect(&m_connection, &Data::SyncthingConnection::newConfigApplied, &m_loop, &QEventLoop::quit);
+    m_connection.requestConfigAndStatus();
+    m_loop.exec();
+    m_timeout.stop();
+}
+
+void ModelTests::cleanupTestCase()
+{
+}
+
+void ModelTests::testDirectoryModel()
+{
+    auto model = Data::SyncthingDirectoryModel(m_connection);
+    QCOMPARE(model.rowCount(QModelIndex()), 3);
+    QCOMPARE(model.index(0, 0).data(), QStringLiteral("A folder"));
+    QCOMPARE(model.index(1, 0).data(), QStringLiteral("Yet another folder"));
+    QCOMPARE(model.index(2, 0).data(), QStringLiteral("A folder which is not shared"));
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(ModelTests)
+#include "models.moc"