diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+project(comm-tools)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+find_package(Folly REQUIRED)
+
+set(TOOLS_HDRS
+  "CommSecureStore.h"
+  "Logger.h"
+  "PlatformSpecificTools.h"
+  "WorkerThread.h"
+  )
+
+set(TOOLS_SRCS
+  "WorkerThread.cpp"
+  )
+
+add_library(comm-tools
+  ${TOOLS_HDRS}
+  ${TOOLS_SRCS}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(comm-tools
+  Folly::folly
+  )
+
+# reference local directory when building, use installation path when installing
+target_include_directories(comm-tools
+  PUBLIC
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
+
+install(TARGETS comm-tools EXPORT comm-tools-export
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT comm-tools
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT comm-tools
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT comm-tools
+)
+
+install(FILES ${TOOLS_HDRS} DESTINATION include/Tools)
+
+# For development purposes, can point cmake to this directory if doing development
+export(TARGETS comm-tools
+  NAMESPACE comm-tools::
+  FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/comm-tools/comm-tools-targets.cmake
+)
+
+# For installation
+install(EXPORT comm-tools-export
+  FILE comm-tools-targets.cmake
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/comm-tool
+  NAMESPACE comm-tools::
+)
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "../CryptoTools/Tools.h"
+#include <CryptoTools/Tools.h>
 
 namespace comm {
 
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/WorkerThread.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/WorkerThread.cpp
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/WorkerThread.cpp
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/WorkerThread.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#include "WorkerThread.h"
-#include "Logger.h"
+#include <Tools/Logger.h>
+#include <Tools/WorkerThread.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
 namespace comm {