diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e1aa6069..2fb495dc6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ IF(NOT TARGET columnstore)
   RETURN()
 ENDIF()
 
+set(EXTERNAL_INSTALL_LOCATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external)
+ExternalProject_Add(mpark_patterns
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/mpark/patterns
+    GIT_TAG v0.3.0
+    CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_LOCATION}
+)
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(utils)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(oam/oamcpp)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(dbcon/execplan)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d2e86514..647b4aeb1 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ if (WITH_UNITTESTS)
     target_link_libraries(comparators_tests ${ENGINE_LDFLAGS} ${ENGINE_WRITE_LIBS} ${CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES} cppunit)
     add_test(NAME columnstore:comparators_tests COMMAND comparators_tests)
 
+    add_executable(patterns_test patterns_test.cpp)
+    add_dependencies(patterns_test googletest mpark_patterns)
+    target_include_directories(patterns_test PUBLIC ${ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES} ${ENGINE_BLOCKCACHE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_PRIMPROC_INCLUDE} )
+    target_link_libraries(patterns_test ${GTEST_LIBRARIES})
+    gtest_add_tests(TARGET patterns_test TEST_PREFIX mpark_patterns:)
+
     # standalone EM routines test
     add_executable(brm_em_standalone brm-em-standalone.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(brm_em_standalone ${ENGINE_LDFLAGS} ${ENGINE_WRITE_LIBS} ${CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES} cppunit)
diff --git a/tests/patterns_test.cpp b/tests/patterns_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3c7dbbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/patterns_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#include <mpark/patterns.hpp>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+struct Aggregate
+{
+  double d;
+  std::string s;
+  std::vector<int> v;
+};
+
+TEST(Aggregate, LRef)
+{
+  Aggregate aggregate{4.2, "hello", {101, 202}};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  double& result = match(aggregate)(
+      pattern(ds(arg, "world", _)) = [](double& d) -> double& { return d; },
+      pattern(ds(arg, "hello", _)) = [](double& d) -> double& { return d; });
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(aggregate.d, result);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&aggregate.d, &result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, ConstLRef)
+{
+  const Aggregate aggregate{4.2, "hello", {101, 202}};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  const double& result = match(aggregate)(
+      pattern(ds(arg, "world", _)) = [](const double& d) -> const double& { return d; },
+      pattern(ds(arg, "hello", _)) = [](const double& d) -> const double& { return d; });
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(aggregate.d, result);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&aggregate.d, &result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, RRef)
+{
+  auto aggregate = [] { return Aggregate{4.2, "hello", {101, 202}}; };
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  double result = match(aggregate())(
+      pattern(ds(arg, "world", _)) = [](double&& d) -> double { return std::move(d); },
+      pattern(ds(arg, "hello", _)) = [](double&& d) -> double { return std::move(d); });
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(4.2, result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, Empty)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+  } empty;
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  match(empty)(pattern(ds()) = [] {});
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, OneChar)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    char x;
+  } one{'x'};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  int result = match(one)(
+      pattern(ds('a')) = [] { return false; }, pattern(ds('x')) = [] { return true; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, OneInt)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    int x;
+  } one{101};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  int result = match(one)(
+      pattern(ds(101)) = [] { return true; }, pattern(ds(1)) = [] { return false; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, TwoChars)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    char x;
+    char y;
+  } two{'x', 'y'};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  bool result = match(two)(
+      pattern(ds('a', 'b')) = [] { return false; }, pattern(ds('x', 'y')) = [] { return true; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, TwoInts)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    int x;
+    int y;
+  } two{101, 202};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  bool result = match(two)(
+      pattern(ds(1, 2)) = [] { return false; }, pattern(ds(101, 202)) = [] { return true; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, ThreeChars)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    char x;
+    char y;
+    char z;
+  } three{'x', 'y', 'z'};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  bool result = match(three)(
+      pattern(ds('x', 'y', 'z')) = [] { return true; }, pattern(ds('a', 'b', 'c')) = [] { return false; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST(Aggregate, FourChars)
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    char a;
+    char b;
+    char c;
+    char d;
+  } four{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};
+
+  using namespace mpark::patterns;
+  bool result = match(four)(
+      pattern(ds('p', 'q', 'r', 's')) = [] { return false; },
+      pattern(ds('a', 'b', 'c', 'd')) = [] { return true; });
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(result);
+}
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