diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f69e0682a..0b632c1bd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ set(ENABLE_PORTBLAS_BACKEND_NVIDIA_GPU OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
 # store path to CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR to use it later (makes FetchContent_Declare workable)
 set(ONEMKL_GENERATED_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
+
+set(ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+)
+
 # Build loader and backends for each domain
 add_custom_target(onemkl_backend_libs)
 foreach(domain ${TARGET_DOMAINS})
@@ -60,9 +67,7 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   add_dependencies(onemkl onemkl_backend_libs)
 
   target_include_directories(onemkl
-    PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-           $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>
-           $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+    PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   )
   set_target_properties(onemkl PROPERTIES
     SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
diff --git a/src/dft/backends/cufft/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dft/backends/cufft/CMakeLists.txt
index 186b91aef..e06794bf8 100644
--- a/src/dft/backends/cufft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dft/backends/cufft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ add_library(${LIB_OBJ} OBJECT
 add_dependencies(onemkl_backend_libs_dft ${LIB_NAME})
 
 target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
-  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+  PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
           ${ONEMKL_GENERATED_INCLUDE_PATH}
 )
diff --git a/src/dft/backends/mklcpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dft/backends/mklcpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 28fbdacfa..dd3e5540a 100644
--- a/src/dft/backends/mklcpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dft/backends/mklcpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ add_library(${LIB_OBJ} OBJECT
 add_dependencies(onemkl_backend_libs_dft ${LIB_NAME})
 
 target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
-  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+  PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
           ${ONEMKL_GENERATED_INCLUDE_PATH}
 )
diff --git a/src/dft/backends/mklgpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dft/backends/mklgpu/CMakeLists.txt
index e7b863ad3..cd50f011d 100644
--- a/src/dft/backends/mklgpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dft/backends/mklgpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ add_library(${LIB_OBJ} OBJECT
 add_dependencies(onemkl_backend_libs_dft ${LIB_NAME})
 
 target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
-  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+  PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
           ${ONEMKL_GENERATED_INCLUDE_PATH}
 )
diff --git a/src/dft/backends/portfft/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dft/backends/portfft/CMakeLists.txt
index fe9f8aeb9..ec06a3a1d 100644
--- a/src/dft/backends/portfft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dft/backends/portfft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(${LIB_OBJ} PRIVATE onemkl_warnings)
 
 target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
-  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+  PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
 )
 
diff --git a/src/dft/backends/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dft/backends/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
index 32581208a..26373fa52 100644
--- a/src/dft/backends/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dft/backends/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ add_library(${LIB_OBJ} OBJECT
 add_dependencies(onemkl_backend_libs_dft ${LIB_NAME})
 
 target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
-  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+  PUBLIC ${ONEMKL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_include_directories(${LIB_OBJ}
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
           ${ONEMKL_GENERATED_INCLUDE_PATH}
 )