diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36f77a5520..f1f117b3b4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ OPTION(EMBREE_TUTORIALS    "Enable to build Embree tutorials" ON)
 # Embree configuration
 ##############################################################
 
+ADD_LIBRARY(embree_config INTERFACE)
+ADD_LIBRARY(embree::config ALIAS embree_config)
+
 GET_PROPERTY(SHARED_LIBS_SUPPORTED GLOBAL PROPERTY TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS)
 IF(SHARED_LIBS_SUPPORTED)
   OPTION(EMBREE_STATIC_LIB "Build Embree as a static library.")
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ ELSE()
 ENDIF()
 IF (EMBREE_STATIC_LIB)
   SET(EMBREE_LIB_TYPE STATIC)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_STATIC_LIB)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_STATIC_LIB)
 ELSE()
   SET(EMBREE_LIB_TYPE SHARED)
 ENDIF()
@@ -180,19 +183,19 @@ IF (EMBREE_TASKING_SYSTEM STREQUAL "TBB")
   SET(TASKING_TBB      ON )
   SET(TASKING_INTERNAL OFF)
   SET(TASKING_PPL      OFF )
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DTASKING_TBB)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DTASKING_TBB)
   LIST(APPEND ISPC_DEFINITIONS -DTASKING_TBB)
 ELSEIF (EMBREE_TASKING_SYSTEM STREQUAL "PPL")
   SET(TASKING_PPL      ON )
   SET(TASKING_TBB      OFF )
   SET(TASKING_INTERNAL OFF)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DTASKING_PPL)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DTASKING_PPL)
   LIST(APPEND ISPC_DEFINITIONS -DTASKING_PPL)
 ELSE()
   SET(TASKING_INTERNAL ON )
   SET(TASKING_TBB      OFF)
   SET(TASKING_PPL      OFF )
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DTASKING_INTERNAL)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DTASKING_INTERNAL)
   LIST(APPEND ISPC_DEFINITIONS -DTASKING_INTERNAL)
 ENDIF()
 
@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@ ELSE (WIN32)
     INCLUDE (crayprgenv)
   ELSE()
     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(CXX_COMPILER_NAME ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} NAME)
-    
+
     STRING(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" _LOWER_CXX_COMPILER_ID)
     STRING(REPLACE "appleclang" "clang" _LOWER_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${_LOWER_CXX_COMPILER_ID})
     STRING(REPLACE "intelllvm" "dpcpp" _LOWER_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${_LOWER_CXX_COMPILER_ID})
@@ -293,12 +296,12 @@ ENDIF()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ARM)
   SET_PROPERTY(CACHE EMBREE_MAX_ISA PROPERTY STRINGS NONE NEON NEON2X)
-ELSE()  
+ELSE()
   SET_PROPERTY(CACHE EMBREE_MAX_ISA PROPERTY STRINGS NONE SSE2 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 AVX512 DEFAULT)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (EMBREE_MAX_ISA STREQUAL "NONE")
-  
+
   IF (EMBREE_ARM)
     IF (APPLE)
       OPTION(EMBREE_ISA_NEON   "Enables NEON ISA." OFF)
@@ -311,7 +314,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_MAX_ISA STREQUAL "NONE")
     TRY_COMPILE(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/cmake/check_isa.cpp" COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${FLAGS_AVX})
     TRY_COMPILE(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX2   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/cmake/check_isa.cpp" COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${FLAGS_AVX2})
     TRY_COMPILE(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX512 "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/cmake/check_isa.cpp" COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${FLAGS_AVX512})
-  
+
     OPTION(EMBREE_ISA_SSE2 "Enables SSE2 ISA." ON)
     OPTION(EMBREE_ISA_SSE42 "Enables SSE4.2 ISA." ON)
     OPTION(EMBREE_ISA_AVX "Enables AVX ISA." ${COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX})
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ ELSE()
   UNSET(EMBREE_ISA_AVX CACHE)
   UNSET(EMBREE_ISA_AVX2 CACHE)
   UNSET(EMBREE_ISA_AVX512 CACHE)
- 
+
   IF(EMBREE_MAX_ISA STREQUAL "NEON")
     SET(ISA  1)
   ELSEIF(EMBREE_MAX_ISA STREQUAL "NEON2X")
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_NEON2X)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_SSE2)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TARGET_SSE2)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_TARGET_SSE2)
   IF (NOT EMBREE_ARM)
     LIST(APPEND ISPC_TARGETS "sse2")
   ENDIF()
@@ -491,7 +494,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_SSE2)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_SSE42)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TARGET_SSE42)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_TARGET_SSE42)
   IF (NOT EMBREE_ARM)
     LIST(APPEND ISPC_TARGETS "sse4")
   ENDIF()
@@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_SSE42)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX)
   IF (NOT EMBREE_ARM)
     LIST(APPEND ISPC_TARGETS "avx")
   ENDIF()
@@ -514,7 +517,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX2)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX2)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX2)
   IF (NOT EMBREE_ARM)
     LIST(APPEND ISPC_TARGETS "avx2")
   ENDIF()
@@ -526,7 +529,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX2)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX512)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX512)
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_TARGET_AVX512)
   IF (NOT EMBREE_ARM)
     LIST(APPEND ISPC_TARGETS "avx512skx-i32x16")
   ENDIF()
diff --git a/common/lexers/CMakeLists.txt b/common/lexers/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e2452cd9f..0e9fcbac1a 100644
--- a/common/lexers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/lexers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(lexers STATIC
  stringstream.cpp
  tokenstream.cpp
 )
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lexers sys math)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lexers sys math embree::config)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET lexers PROPERTY FOLDER common)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET lexers APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${FLAGS_LOWEST}")
 
diff --git a/common/math/CMakeLists.txt b/common/math/CMakeLists.txt
index fcfa45598f..98d7230011 100644
--- a/common/math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(math STATIC constants.cpp)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(math embree::config)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET math PROPERTY FOLDER common)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET math APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${FLAGS_LOWEST}")
 
diff --git a/common/simd/CMakeLists.txt b/common/simd/CMakeLists.txt
index 989a00d6ef..0b94f9d008 100644
--- a/common/simd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/simd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(simd STATIC sse.cpp)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(simd embree::config)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET simd PROPERTY FOLDER common)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET simd APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${FLAGS_LOWEST}")
 
diff --git a/common/sys/CMakeLists.txt b/common/sys/CMakeLists.txt
index ce44b14ea7..8deb8911b3 100644
--- a/common/sys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/sys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(sys STATIC
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET sys PROPERTY FOLDER common)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET sys APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${FLAGS_LOWEST}")
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(sys ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(sys embree::config ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 IF (EMBREE_STATIC_LIB)
   INSTALL(TARGETS sys EXPORT sys-targets ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT devel)
diff --git a/common/tasking/CMakeLists.txt b/common/tasking/CMakeLists.txt
index 2aeb73698a..55820f6a81 100644
--- a/common/tasking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/tasking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ELSEIF (TASKING_TBB)
   endif()
 
   ADD_LIBRARY(tasking STATIC taskschedulertbb.cpp)
-  
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
+
   if (TARGET TBB::${EMBREE_TBB_COMPONENT})
     message("-- TBB: reuse existing TBB::${TBB_COMPONENT} target")
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tasking PUBLIC TBB::${EMBREE_TBB_COMPONENT})
diff --git a/kernels/CMakeLists.txt b/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c2f43ddb1..80a7590f06 100644
--- a/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 IF (EMBREE_CONFIG)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_CONFIG="${EMBREE_CONFIG}")
+  TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(embree_config INTERFACE -DEMBREE_CONFIG="${EMBREE_CONFIG}")
 ENDIF()
 
 MACRO(DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SOURCE_GROUP("Source Files\\algorithms" "/algorithms/")
 SOURCE_GROUP("" FILES embree.rc)
 
 SET(EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES
- 
+
   embree.rc
 
   common/device.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_GEOMETRY_SUBDIVISION)
   subdiv/tessellation_cache.cpp
   subdiv/subdivpatch1base.cpp
   subdiv/catmullclark_coefficients.cpp
-  geometry/grid_soa.cpp	
+  geometry/grid_soa.cpp
   subdiv/subdivpatch1base_eval.cpp
   bvh/bvh_builder_subdiv.cpp)
 ENDIF()
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_RAY_PACKETS)
 ENDIF()
 
 MACRO(embree_files TARGET ISA)
-      
+
   SET(${TARGET}
     geometry/instance_intersector.cpp
     geometry/curve_intersector_virtual_4v.cpp
@@ -113,15 +113,15 @@ MACRO(embree_files TARGET ISA)
 
   IF (${ISA} EQUAL ${ISA_LOWEST_AVX})
     LIST(APPEND ${TARGET} geometry/primitive8.cpp)
-  ENDIF() 
+  ENDIF()
 
   IF (${ISA} EQUAL ${SSE2} OR ${ISA} EQUAL ${AVX} OR ${ISA} EQUAL ${AVX2} OR ${ISA} EQUAL ${AVX512} OR ${ISA_LOWEST} EQUAL ${ISA})
-    
+
     LIST(APPEND ${TARGET}
       common/scene_user_geometry.cpp
       common/scene_instance.cpp
       common/scene_triangle_mesh.cpp
-      common/scene_quad_mesh.cpp 
+      common/scene_quad_mesh.cpp
       common/scene_curves.cpp
       common/scene_line_segments.cpp
       common/scene_grid_mesh.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ MACRO(embree_files TARGET ISA)
       bvh/bvh_rotate.cpp
       builders/primrefgen.cpp)
   ENDIF()
-    
+
   IF (${ISA} GREATER ${SSE42})
     LIST(APPEND ${TARGET} bvh/bvh_intersector1_bvh8.cpp)
   ENDIF()
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ MACRO(embree_files TARGET ISA)
         geometry/grid_soa.cpp
         subdiv/subdivpatch1base_eval.cpp)
   ENDIF()
-    
+
   IF (EMBREE_RAY_PACKETS)
     LIST(APPEND ${TARGET}
       bvh/bvh_intersector_hybrid4_bvh4.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ MACRO(embree_files TARGET ISA)
         bvh/bvh_intersector_hybrid16_bvh4.cpp)
     ENDIF()
   ENDIF()
-  
+
 ENDMACRO()
 
 #embree_files(EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_SSE2 ${SSE2})
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ MACRO (CreateISADummyFiles list isa)
     SET(dst_file "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${src}.${isa}.cpp")
     SET(${list} ${${list}} ${dst_file})
     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${dst_file}
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} 
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
        -D src=${src_file}
        -D dst=${dst_file}
        -P "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/cmake/create_isa_dummy_file.cmake"
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ ENDIF()
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_SSE42 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_SSE42)
   DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS(${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_SSE42})
   ADD_LIBRARY(embree_sse42 STATIC ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_SSE42})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_sse42 PRIVATE tasking)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_sse42 PRIVATE tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree_sse42 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FLAGS_SSE42}")
   SET_PROPERTY(TARGET embree_sse42 PROPERTY FOLDER kernels)
   SET(EMBREE_LIBRARIES ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} embree_sse42)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX  AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX)
   DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS(${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX})
   ADD_LIBRARY(embree_avx STATIC ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx PRIVATE tasking)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx PRIVATE tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree_avx PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FLAGS_AVX}")
   SET_PROPERTY(TARGET embree_avx PROPERTY FOLDER kernels)
   SET(EMBREE_LIBRARIES ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} embree_avx)
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ENDIF()
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX2 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2)
   DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS(${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2})
   ADD_LIBRARY(embree_avx2 STATIC ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx2 PRIVATE tasking)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx2 PRIVATE tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree_avx2 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FLAGS_AVX2}")
   SET_PROPERTY(TARGET embree_avx2 PROPERTY FOLDER kernels)
   SET(EMBREE_LIBRARIES ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} embree_avx2)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ ENDIF()
 IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX512 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512)
   DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS(${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512})
   ADD_LIBRARY(embree_avx512 STATIC ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx512 PRIVATE tasking)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx512 PRIVATE tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree_avx512 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FLAGS_AVX512}")
   SET_PROPERTY(TARGET embree_avx512 PROPERTY FOLDER kernels)
   SET(EMBREE_LIBRARIES ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} embree_avx512)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX512 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512)
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree PRIVATE ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} sys math simd lexers tasking)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree PRIVATE ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES} sys math simd lexers tasking PUBLIC embree::config)
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_NAME})
 target_include_directories(embree PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ ENDIF()
 IF (WIN32)
 ELSEIF (APPLE)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS -Wl,-exported_symbols_list,"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels/export.macosx.map")
-  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(common/rtcore.cpp PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels/export.macosx.map") 
+  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(common/rtcore.cpp PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels/export.macosx.map")
 ELSE()
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS -Wl,--version-script="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels/export.linux.map")
   SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(common/rtcore.cpp PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels/export.linux.map")
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ ELSE()
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(embree PROPERTIES VERSION ${EMBREE_VERSION} SOVERSION ${EMBREE_VERSION_MAJOR})
 ENDIF()
 
-INSTALL(TARGETS embree EXPORT embree-targets
+INSTALL(TARGETS embree embree_config EXPORT embree-targets
   LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT lib
   # on Windows put the dlls into bin
   RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}" COMPONENT examples