diff --git a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index b3a14fc5b924..dc92807e13ad 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,19 +42,31 @@ FetchContent_Declare(json
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(json)
 
-include_directories(cpp/include)
 
 set(ESIRuntimeSources
-  cpp/lib/Accelerator.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Context.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Common.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Design.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Manifest.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Services.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Ports.cpp
-  cpp/lib/Utils.cpp
-
-  cpp/lib/backends/Trace.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Accelerator.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Context.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Common.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Design.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Manifest.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Services.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Ports.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/Utils.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/backends/Trace.cpp
+)
+set(ESIRuntimeHeaders
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Utils.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Accelerator.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Common.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Context.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Design.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Manifest.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Types.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Ports.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/Services.h
+)
+set(ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/backends/Trace.h
 )
 set(ESIRuntimeLinkLibraries
   ZLIB::ZLIB
@@ -104,7 +116,11 @@ if(ESI_COSIM)
 
     set(ESIRuntimeSources
       ${ESIRuntimeSources}
-      cpp/lib/backends/Cosim.cpp
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/backends/Cosim.cpp
+    )
+    set(ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders
+      ${ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders}
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/backends/Cosim.h
     )
     set(ESIRuntimeLinkLibraries
       ${ESIRuntimeLinkLibraries}
@@ -124,7 +140,11 @@ if (XRT_PATH)
 
   set(ESIRuntimeSources
     ${ESIRuntimeSources}
-    cpp/lib/backends/Xrt.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/lib/backends/Xrt.cpp
+  )
+  set(ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders
+    ${ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include/esi/backends/Xrt.h
   )
   set(ESIRuntimeIncludeDirs
     ${ESIRuntimeIncludeDirs}
@@ -155,6 +175,8 @@ endif()
 add_library(ESIRuntime SHARED
   ${ESIRuntimeSources}
 )
+target_include_directories(ESIRuntime PUBLIC
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/include)
 target_link_libraries(ESIRuntime PRIVATE ${ESIRuntimeLinkLibraries})
 target_include_directories(ESIRuntime PRIVATE ${ESIRuntimeIncludeDirs})
 target_compile_options(ESIRuntime PRIVATE ${ESIRuntimeCxxFlags})
@@ -175,6 +197,18 @@ install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET ESIRuntime_RUNTIME_DEPS
   PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES capnp kj
   COMPONENT ESIRuntime
 )
+install(FILES ${ESIRuntimeHeaders}
+  DESTINATION include/esi
+  COMPONENT ESIRuntime
+)
+install(FILES ${ESIRuntimeBackendHeaders}
+  DESTINATION include/esi/backends
+  COMPONENT ESIRuntime
+)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/cmake/esiaccel.cmake
+  DESTINATION cmake
+  COMPONENT ESIRuntime
+)
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
   target_compile_options(ESIRuntime PRIVATE -Wno-covered-switch-default)
@@ -182,7 +216,7 @@ endif()
 
 # The esiquery tool is a simple wrapper around the SysInfo API.
 add_executable(esiquery
-  cpp/tools/esiquery.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/tools/esiquery.cpp
 )
 target_link_libraries(esiquery PRIVATE ESIRuntime)
 install(TARGETS esiquery
@@ -235,7 +269,8 @@ if(Python3_FOUND)
     endif()
   else()
     # Compile Pybind11 module and copy to the correct python directory.
-    pybind11_add_module(esiCppAccel python/esiaccel/esiCppAccel.cpp)
+    pybind11_add_module(esiCppAccel
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/esiaccel/esiCppAccel.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(esiCppAccel PRIVATE ESIRuntime)
 
     if (WHEEL_BUILD)
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cosim/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cosim/CMakeLists.txt
index 49469fa4d0c7..8c89286814ae 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cosim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cosim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ install(FILES
   COMPONENT ESIRuntime
 )
 
+# Cap'nProto MUST be built with exceptions enabled.
+if (MSVC)
+  target_compile_options(EsiCosimCapnp PRIVATE /EHsc)
+else()
+  target_compile_options(EsiCosimCapnp PRIVATE -fexceptions)
+endif()
+
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 add_subdirectory(cosim_dpi_server)
 add_subdirectory(MtiPliStub)
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cpp/cmake/esiaccel.cmake b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cpp/cmake/esiaccel.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c569af266358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/cpp/cmake/esiaccel.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+function(add_esiaccel_flags TARGET)
+  message("-- Adding ESI runtime flags to target ${TARGET}")
+  target_include_directories(${TARGET}
+    PUBLIC
+      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/../include"
+  )
+  file(GLOB ESI_LIBS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/../lib/*)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET}
+    PUBLIC
+      ${ESI_LIBS}
+  )
+endfunction()
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/python/esiaccel/utils.py b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/python/esiaccel/utils.py
index 207d503bd009..1edaa99b7b33 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/python/esiaccel/utils.py
+++ b/lib/Dialect/ESI/runtime/python/esiaccel/utils.py
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ def run_esi_cosim():
   cosim_import = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
   spec.loader.exec_module(cosim_import)
   return cosim_import.__main__(sys.argv)
+
+
+def get_cpp_cmake() -> str:
+  """Return the path to the cmake file."""
+  return str(_thisdir / "cmake" / "esiaccel.cmake")