diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 880d19cc8..dda0d1011 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@ def add_sources(sources, dir, extension):
             sources.append(dir + "/" + f)
 
 
+def make_gdextension(env, name, sources, library_dir="lib", entry_symbol="", output_dir=""):
+    target_dir = output_dir if output_dir else name
+    init = entry_symbol if entry_symbol else f"{name}_library_init"
+    autodetect_prefix = "{}/lib{}".format(library_dir, name)
+    lib = env.SharedLibrary(
+        target_dir + "/" + "{}{}{}".format(autodetect_prefix, env["suffix"], env["SHLIBSUFFIX"]),
+        source=sources,
+    )
+    ext_text = """[configuration]
+entry_symbol = "{}"
+
+[libraries]
+autodetect_prefix = "{}"
+""".format(
+        init, autodetect_prefix
+    )
+    config = env.Textfile("{}/{}.gdextension".format(target_dir, name), ext_text)
+    env.AlwaysBuild(config)
+    env.NoCache(config)
+    return [env.Dir(target_dir), lib, config]
+
+
 # Try to detect the host platform automatically.
 # This is used if no `platform` argument is passed
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
@@ -229,4 +251,5 @@ if env["build_library"]:
 
 env.Append(LIBPATH=[env.Dir("bin")])
 env.Append(LIBS=library_name)
+env.AddMethod(make_gdextension, "GDExtension")
 Return("env")
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index c6d839430..d889b7322 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 build
 bin
 
+# Generated extension directory
+demo/gdexample
+
 # Godot 4+ specific ignores
 .godot/
 
diff --git a/test/SConstruct b/test/SConstruct
index 72527bb64..7228d3d54 100644
--- a/test/SConstruct
+++ b/test/SConstruct
@@ -16,17 +16,5 @@ env = SConscript("../SConstruct")
 env.Append(CPPPATH=["src/"])
 sources = Glob("src/*.cpp")
 
-if env["platform"] == "macos":
-    library = env.SharedLibrary(
-        "demo/bin/libgdexample.{}.{}.framework/libgdexample.{}.{}".format(
-            env["platform"], env["target"], env["platform"], env["target"]
-        ),
-        source=sources,
-    )
-else:
-    library = env.SharedLibrary(
-        "demo/bin/libgdexample{}{}".format(env["suffix"], env["SHLIBSUFFIX"]),
-        source=sources,
-    )
-
+library = env.GDExtension("gdexample", sources, output_dir="demo/gdexample")
 Default(library)
diff --git a/test/demo/example.gdextension b/test/demo/example.gdextension
deleted file mode 100644
index b7946598a..000000000
--- a/test/demo/example.gdextension
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[configuration]
-
-entry_symbol = "example_library_init"
-
-[libraries]
-
-macos.debug = "res://bin/libgdexample.macos.template_debug.framework"
-macos.release = "res://bin/libgdexample.macos.template_release.framework"
-windows.debug.x86_32 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.template_debug.x86_32.dll"
-windows.release.x86_32 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.template_release.x86_32.dll"
-windows.debug.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.template_debug.x86_64.dll"
-windows.release.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.windows.template_release.x86_64.dll"
-linux.debug.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_debug.x86_64.so"
-linux.release.x86_64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_release.x86_64.so"
-linux.debug.arm64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_debug.arm64.so"
-linux.release.arm64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_release.arm64.so"
-linux.debug.rv64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_debug.rv64.so"
-linux.release.rv64 = "res://bin/libgdexample.linux.template_release.rv64.so"
diff --git a/test/src/register_types.cpp b/test/src/register_types.cpp
index 873801b4b..c44cfeb74 100644
--- a/test/src/register_types.cpp
+++ b/test/src/register_types.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void uninitialize_example_module(ModuleInitializationLevel p_level) {
 
 extern "C" {
 // Initialization.
-GDNativeBool GDN_EXPORT example_library_init(const GDNativeInterface *p_interface, const GDNativeExtensionClassLibraryPtr p_library, GDNativeInitialization *r_initialization) {
+GDNativeBool GDN_EXPORT gdexample_library_init(const GDNativeInterface *p_interface, const GDNativeExtensionClassLibraryPtr p_library, GDNativeInitialization *r_initialization) {
 	godot::GDExtensionBinding::InitObject init_obj(p_interface, p_library, r_initialization);
 
 	init_obj.register_initializer(initialize_example_module);