diff --git a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 8273e8e407..dbaccf7a13 100644
--- a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ if (MPAS_PROFILE)
     list(APPEND FRAMEWORK_LINK_LIBRARIES GPTL::GPTL)
 endif ()
 target_link_libraries(framework PUBLIC ${FRAMEWORK_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+target_include_directories(framework INTERFACE
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+        $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/framework>)
 
 install(TARGETS framework EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Exports
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}