diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
index 7bb46a22e6..5017d96691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Build on Linux x86-64
     needs: [setup]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
+    with:
+      build_dev_package: true
 
   linux-aarch:
     if: ${{ inputs.build-linux-arm }}
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Build on macOS arm64
     needs: [setup]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
+    with:
+      build_dev_package: true
 
   upload:
     name: Prepare & Upload wheels to TestPyPI
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download wheels
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
+        pattern: "*wheel*"
         merge-multiple: true
         path: dist
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
index bc3b804872..f4865b71be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: 'main'
         type: string
+      build_dev_package:
+        description: 'Build and upload the catalyst-dev archives'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 concurrency:
   group: Build Catalyst Wheel on Linux (x86_64)-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -397,6 +402,24 @@ jobs:
 
         cmake --build $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/quantum-build --target check-dialects catalyst-cli
 
+    # Package the Catalyst MLIR development subsystem (headers, static libs, CMake config).
+    # Only build once per platform (primary Python version) since the archive is Python-agnostic.
+    - name: Package catalyst-dev (CPack)
+      if: inputs.build_dev_package && matrix.python_version == needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version
+      run: |
+        cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/quantum-build
+        cpack
+
+    - name: Upload catalyst-dev Archive
+      if: inputs.build_dev_package && matrix.python_version == needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: catalyst-dev_Linux_x86_64
+        path: |
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/quantum-build/catalyst-dev_Linux_x86_64*.tar.gz
+        retention-days: 14
+        if-no-files-found: error
+
     - name: Build Plugin wheel
       # Run only on Thursday at the given time
       if: env.BUILD_STANDALONE_PLUGIN == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
index ed8a5b7c40..7810478e16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: 'main'
         type: string
+      build_dev_package:
+        description: 'Build and upload the catalyst-dev archives'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 env:
   MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 15.0
@@ -376,6 +381,24 @@ jobs:
         # xcode builds significantly slower when multithreaded
         cmake --build $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/quantum-build --target check-dialects catalyst-cli -- -j 1
 
+    # Package the Catalyst MLIR development subsystem (headers, static libs, CMake config).
+    # Only build once per platform (primary Python version) since the archive is Python-agnostic.
+    - name: Package catalyst-dev (CPack)
+      if: inputs.build_dev_package && matrix.python_version == needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version
+      run: |
+        cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/quantum-build
+        cpack
+
+    - name: Upload catalyst-dev Archive
+      if: inputs.build_dev_package && matrix.python_version == needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: catalyst-dev_macos_arm64
+        path: |
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/quantum-build/catalyst-dev_Darwin_arm64*.tar.gz
+        retention-days: 14
+        if-no-files-found: error
+
     - name: Build Plugin wheel
       # Run only on Thursday at the given time
       if: env.BUILD_STANDALONE_PLUGIN == 'true'
diff --git a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
index 699423c368..32fb77cd06 100644
--- a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ foreach(STABLEHLO_LIB IN LISTS STABLEHLO_LIBS)
     )
 endforeach()
 
-add_library(ExternalStablehloLib INTERFACE)
+add_library(ExternalStablehloLib INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 
 foreach(STABLEHLO_LIB IN LISTS STABLEHLO_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(ExternalStablehloLib INTERFACE ${STABLEHLO_LIB})
@@ -280,3 +280,92 @@ endif()
 if(NOT CATALYST_DOCS_ONLY)
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
+
+
+###################################################################
+## Generate a Catalyst Development Package for External Projects ##
+###################################################################
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+# Re-fetch the exported targets and strip the same third-party ones the
+# build-tree export already excludes (see cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt).
+get_property(CATALYST_INSTALL_TARGETS GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_EXPORTS)
+set(TARGETS_TO_REMOVE
+    nlohmann_json
+    tomlplusplus_tomlplusplus
+    ion-transforms
+    CatalystCompilerDriver
+    PBCUtils
+    QuantumCAPI
+    pbc-transforms
+    quantum-transforms  # depends on decompsolver, which depends on boost; exclude
+    decompsolver        # depends on boost; exclude
+    )
+list(REMOVE_ITEM CATALYST_INSTALL_TARGETS ${TARGETS_TO_REMOVE})
+
+# Static archives, shared libs, and any runtime artifacts from the dialects,
+# transforms and utils. INCLUDES DESTINATION records the include path in the
+# exported targets so consumers get it transitively.
+# We use `COMPONENT catalyst-dev` since `add_mlir_public_c_api_library(QuantumCAPI ...)
+# auto-generates its own install rule that we want to bypass.
+install(TARGETS ${CATALYST_INSTALL_TARGETS}
+    EXPORT CatalystTargets
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+
+# Install license to share/doc/Catalyst/LICENSE
+install(FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../LICENSE"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}"
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev)
+
+# Tools (binaries). These are usually not in MLIR_EXPORTS, so install by name.
+# NOTE: We use the catalyst-bin component for tools to exclude from catalyst-dev.
+if(NOT CATALYST_DOCS_ONLY)
+    # Need to wrap in `if(NOT CATALYST_DOCS_ONLY)` since `add_subdirectory(tools)`
+    # is also conditional on this predicate
+    install(TARGETS catalyst-cli quantum-opt quantum-lsp-server
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT catalyst-bin)
+endif()
+
+# Hand-written headers (*.h and the *.td that TableGen consumers may want).
+install(DIRECTORY ${CATALYST_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    FILES_MATCHING
+      PATTERN "*.h"
+      PATTERN "*.td"
+      PATTERN "*.capi.h.inc")
+
+# TableGen-generated headers (*.h.inc, *.cpp.inc) AND the generated
+# frontend_catalyst_version_py.h all live under the build-tree include dir.
+install(DIRECTORY ${CATALYST_GEN_INCLUDE_DIR}/
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    FILES_MATCHING
+      PATTERN "*.h"
+      PATTERN "*.h.inc"
+      PATTERN "*.cpp.inc"
+    PATTERN "CMakeFiles" EXCLUDE)
+
+# Bundle the StableHLO static archives that Catalyst links against.
+install(DIRECTORY "${STABLEHLO_BUILD_DIR}/lib/"
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev
+    FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "lib*.a")
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "catalyst-dev")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CATALYST_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../LICENSE")
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}_${CATALYST_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
+set(CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY ON)             # extracts into catalyst-dev-<ver>/
+set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL catalyst-dev)               # only catalyst-dev component
+set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_GROUPING ALL_COMPONENTS_IN_ONE) # single archive, no per-component split
+
+message(STATUS "Preparing CPack package ${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}")
+include(CPack)
diff --git a/mlir/Makefile b/mlir/Makefile
index d0e643ee6b..1bf24546c0 100644
--- a/mlir/Makefile
+++ b/mlir/Makefile
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ LLVM_BUILD_DIR ?= $(MK_DIR)/llvm-project/build
 STABLEHLO_BUILD_DIR ?= $(MK_DIR)/stablehlo/build
 ENZYME_BUILD_DIR ?= $(MK_DIR)/Enzyme/build
 RT_BUILD_DIR ?= $(MK_DIR)/../runtime/build
+DIST_DIR ?= $(MK_DIR)/dist
 ENABLE_ASAN ?= OFF
 STRICT_WARNINGS ?= ON
 BUILD_TYPE ?= Release
 LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT ?= $(LLVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/llvm-lit
 LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD ?= host
+LLVM_INSTALL_STAGING_DIR ?= $(LLVM_BUILD_DIR)/install
+LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS ?= $\
+	"cmake-exports;llvm-headers;llvm-libraries;$\
+	mlir-cmake-exports;mlir-headers;mlir-libraries;$\
+	FileCheck;llvm-tblgen;llvm-config;mlir-tblgen;not;count"
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname), Darwin)
 DEFAULT_ENABLE_LLD := OFF
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "  enzyme             to build Enzyme"
 	@echo "  dialects           to build custom Catalyst MLIR dialects"
 	@echo "  dialect-docs       to build custom Catalyst MLIR dialect documentation"
+	@echo "  pack-catalyst-dev  to build the catalyst-dev package"
+	@echo "  pack-mlir-dev      to build the catalyst-mlir-dev package"
 	@echo "  test               to run the Catalyst MLIR dialects test suite"
 	@echo "  clean              to delete all temporary, cache, and build files"
 	@echo "  format [check=1]   to apply C++ formatter; use with 'check=1' to check instead of modify (requires clang-format)"
@@ -80,6 +88,9 @@ llvm:
 		-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$(LLVM_PROJECTS)" \
 		-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=ON \
 		-DMLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON=ON \
+		-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON \
+		-DLLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS=$(LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS) \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(LLVM_INSTALL_STAGING_DIR) \
 		-DPython_EXECUTABLE=$(PYTHON) \
 		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE=$(PYTHON) \
 		-DPython3_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS=$$($(PYTHON) -c "import numpy as np; print(np.get_include())") \
@@ -220,6 +231,29 @@ dialect-docs:
 
 	cmake --build $(DIALECTS_DOCS_BUILD_DIR) --target mlir-doc
 
+.PHONY: pack-catalyst-dev
+pack-catalyst-dev: dialects
+
+	@echo "build the catalyst-dev package"
+	cd $(DIALECTS_BUILD_DIR) && cpack
+	mkdir -p $(DIST_DIR)
+	mv $(DIALECTS_BUILD_DIR)/catalyst-dev*.tar.gz $(DIST_DIR)
+
+# Get the LLVM version as, e.g. 22.0.0git-8f264586
+LLVM_VERSION := $(shell $(LLVM_INSTALL_STAGING_DIR)/bin/llvm-config --version)
+LLVM_COMMIT := $(shell grep llvm ../.dep-versions | awk -F '=' '{ print $$2 }' | cut -c1-8)
+LLVM_VERSION_FULL := $(LLVM_VERSION)-$(LLVM_COMMIT)
+
+.PHONY: pack-mlir-dev
+pack-mlir-dev: llvm
+
+	@echo "build the catalyst-mlir-dev package"
+	cmake --build $(LLVM_BUILD_DIR) --target install-distribution
+	tar -czf catalyst-mlir-dev_$(shell uname -s)_$(shell uname -m)_$(LLVM_VERSION_FULL).tar.gz \
+		-C $(LLVM_INSTALL_STAGING_DIR) bin lib include
+	mkdir -p $(DIST_DIR)
+	mv catalyst-mlir-dev*.tar.gz $(DIST_DIR)
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	@echo "test the Catalyst MLIR dialects test suite"
diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index f2f98bb83b..c3fac05a45 100644
--- a/mlir/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set(llvm_cmake_builddir "${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}/${LLVM_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}")
 get_property(MLIR_EXPORTS GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_EXPORTS)
 set(TARGETS_TO_REMOVE nlohmann_json tomlplusplus_tomlplusplus ion-transforms CatalystCompilerDriver PBCUtils QuantumCAPI pbc-transforms)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM MLIR_EXPORTS ${TARGETS_TO_REMOVE})
-export(TARGETS ${MLIR_EXPORTS} ExternalStablehloLib FILE ${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/CatalystTargets.cmake)
+export(TARGETS ${MLIR_EXPORTS} FILE ${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/CatalystTargets.cmake)
 
 # Generate MlirConfig.cmake for the build tree.
 set(CATALYST_CONFIG_CMAKE_DIR "${catalyst_cmake_builddir}")
@@ -48,3 +48,59 @@ configure_file(
 set(CATALYST_CONFIG_CMAKE_DIR)
 set(CATALYST_CONFIG_LLVM_CMAKE_DIR)
 set(CATALYST_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+
+# --- version string, reused from frontend/catalyst/_version.py ---
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND
+        ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -c
+            "import sys; \
+            sys.path.append('${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../frontend/catalyst'); \
+            from _version import __version__; \
+            print(__version__)"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE CATALYST_PACKAGE_VERSION
+    ERROR_VARIABLE PARSE_CATALYST_VERSION_ERRORS
+    RESULT_VARIABLE PARSE_CATALYST_VERSION_RETURN_CODE
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
+if(NOT PARSE_CATALYST_VERSION_RETURN_CODE EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "Failed to read Catalyst package version from file \
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../frontend/catalyst/_version.py: \
+        ${PARSE_CATALYST_VERSION_ERRORS}"
+    )
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Found Catalyst package version: ${CATALYST_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+
+string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" CATALYST_NUMERIC_VERSION "${CATALYST_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+
+write_basic_package_version_file(
+    "${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/CatalystConfigVersion.cmake"
+    VERSION ${CATALYST_NUMERIC_VERSION}
+    COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
+
+# --- install-tree config, generated from a *separate* template ---
+set(CATALYST_INSTALL_TARGETS_LIST "${MLIR_EXPORTS}")   # same list, minus removals
+configure_package_config_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CatalystConfig.install.cmake.in
+    "${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/install/CatalystConfig.cmake"
+    INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CATALYST_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
+    PATH_VARS CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
+
+# --- install the export set + configs ---
+install(EXPORT CatalystTargets
+    FILE CatalystTargets.cmake
+    DESTINATION ${CATALYST_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev)
+
+install(FILES
+    "${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/install/CatalystConfig.cmake"
+    "${catalyst_cmake_builddir}/CatalystConfigVersion.cmake"
+    DESTINATION ${CATALYST_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT catalyst-dev)
diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.cmake.in b/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.cmake.in
index f6745ef324..cc91747c88 100644
--- a/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.cmake.in
@@ -22,3 +22,25 @@ set(CATALYST_INCLUDE_DIRS "@CATALYST_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS@")
 
 # Provide all our library targets to users.
 @CATALYST_CONFIG_INCLUDE_EXPORTS@
+
+# --- rebuild ExternalStablehloLib for build-tree consumers ---
+if(NOT TARGET ExternalStablehloLib)
+  add_library(ExternalStablehloLib INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+
+  set(_shlo_libs ChloCAPI ChloOps StablehloAssemblyFormat StablehloBase
+    StablehloBroadcastUtils StablehloBroadcastLowering StablehloCAPI
+    StablehloLinalgTransforms StablehloOps StablehloOptimizationPasses
+    StablehloPasses StablehloPassUtils StablehloRegister
+    StablehloTypeConversion StablehloTypeInference Version
+    VhloCAPI VhloOps VhloTypes)
+
+  foreach(_l IN LISTS _shlo_libs)
+    if(NOT TARGET ${_l})
+      add_library(${_l} STATIC IMPORTED)
+      set_target_properties(${_l} PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "@STABLEHLO_BUILD_DIR@/lib/lib${_l}.a")
+    endif()
+    set_property(TARGET ExternalStablehloLib APPEND
+      PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${_l})
+  endforeach()
+endif()
diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.install.cmake.in b/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.install.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4779313b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/CatalystConfig.install.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_dependency(MLIR)
+
+set_and_check(CATALYST_INCLUDE_DIRS "@PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@")
+set_and_check(CATALYST_LIBRARY_DIR  "@PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@")
+
+# Reconstruct the bundled StableHLO interface target.
+if(NOT TARGET ExternalStablehloLib)
+  add_library(ExternalStablehloLib INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+
+  set(_shlo_libs ChloCAPI ChloOps StablehloAssemblyFormat StablehloBase
+    StablehloBroadcastUtils StablehloBroadcastLowering StablehloCAPI
+    StablehloLinalgTransforms StablehloOps StablehloOptimizationPasses
+    StablehloPasses StablehloPassUtils StablehloRegister
+    StablehloTypeConversion StablehloTypeInference Version
+    VhloCAPI VhloOps VhloTypes)
+
+  foreach(_l IN LISTS _shlo_libs)
+    if(NOT TARGET ${_l})
+      add_library(${_l} STATIC IMPORTED)
+      set_target_properties(${_l} PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CATALYST_LIBRARY_DIR}/lib${_l}.a")
+    endif()
+    set_property(TARGET ExternalStablehloLib APPEND
+      PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${_l})
+  endforeach()
+endif()
+
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CatalystTargets.cmake")
+
+set(CATALYST_EXPORTED_TARGETS "@CATALYST_INSTALL_TARGETS_LIST@")
+check_required_components(Catalyst)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
index f8d3b47428..bdce81bf4a 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ set(LIBS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index bb794d3b4c..c9690ba27d 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Catalyst/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Gradient/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Gradient/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 572a1217bc..9fcc61ec8f 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Gradient/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Gradient/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Ion/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Ion/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 59468e4a55..768af4be67 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Ion/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Ion/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
 
 target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_NAME} PRIVATE
     tomlplusplus::tomlplusplus
diff --git a/mlir/lib/MBQC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/MBQC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b9ea4dd8f..07d70ba648 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/MBQC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/MBQC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Mitigation/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Mitigation/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 2af124cd74..73d0b21595 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Mitigation/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Mitigation/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/PBC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/PBC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index f0ec206ce3..6984088448 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/PBC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/PBC/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ set_source_files_properties(
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/PauliFrame/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/PauliFrame/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 7556802b3c..b74d7f89bd 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/PauliFrame/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/PauliFrame/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/QRef/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/QRef/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 4be9bd0d6d..a3646548af 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/QRef/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/QRef/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/QecPhysical/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/QecPhysical/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b7afc95cd..b28b1559f6 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/QecPhysical/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/QecPhysical/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC
 )
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Quantum/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Quantum/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index ff73879814..21a63b6cf7 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Quantum/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Quantum/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC
 )
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-    .
-    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include
-    AdjointLowering/
-    GraphDecomposition/
-    GraphDecomposition/DecompGraphSolver/
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/AdjointLowering/>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GraphDecomposition/>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GraphDecomposition/DecompGraphSolver/>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
 )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/RTIO/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/RTIO/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index a2a7c4edc1..96935ccac3 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/RTIO/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/RTIO/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Test/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Test/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 7df4fc2cd5..0c18147953 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Test/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Test/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ add_mlir_library(MLIRCatalystTest
 )
 
 target_include_directories(MLIRCatalystTest PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/hlo-extensions/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/hlo-extensions/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index d483476a62..9954a152e1 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/hlo-extensions/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/hlo-extensions/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set(DEPENDS
 add_mlir_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${SRC} LINK_LIBS PRIVATE ${LIBS} DEPENDS ${DEPENDS})
 target_compile_features(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-                           .
-                           ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-                           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)