diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CMakeLists.txt b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@
   comm-client
   )
 
+target_link_libraries(comm-cryptotools
+  comm-tools
+  )
 
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CMakeLists.txt b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+project(comm-cryptotools)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+set(CRYPTO_HDRS
+  "CryptoModule.h"
+  "Persist.h"
+  "Session.h"
+  "Tools.h"
+  )
+
+set(CRYPTO_SRCS
+  "CryptoModule.cpp"
+  "Session.cpp"
+  "Tools.cpp"
+  )
+
+add_library(comm-cryptotools
+  ${CRYPTO_HDRS}
+  ${CRYPTO_SRCS}
+)
+
+find_package(Olm)
+
+target_link_libraries(comm-cryptotools
+  Olm
+  )
+
+# reference local directory when building, use installation path when installing
+target_include_directories(comm-cryptotools
+  PUBLIC
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+)
+
+install(TARGETS comm-cryptotools EXPORT comm-cryptotools-export
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT comm-cryptotools
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT comm-cryptotools
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT comm-cryptotools
+)
+
+install(FILES ${TOOLS_HDRS} DESTINATION include/Tools)
+
+# For development purposes, can point cmake to this directory if doing development
+export(TARGETS comm-cryptotools
+  NAMESPACE comm-cryptotools::
+  FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/comm-cryptotools/comm-cryptotools-targets.cmake
+)
+
+# For installation
+install(EXPORT comm-cryptotools-export
+  FILE comm-cryptotools-targets.cmake
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/comm-cryptotools
+  NAMESPACE comm-cryptotools::
+)
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CryptoModule.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CryptoModule.cpp
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CryptoModule.cpp
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/CryptoModule.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#include "CryptoModule.h"
-#include "PlatformSpecificTools.h"
-#include "olm/session.hh"
+#include <CryptoTools/CryptoModule.h>
+#include <Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h>
+#include <olm/session.hh>
+
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace crypto {
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Session.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Session.cpp
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Session.cpp
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Session.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#include "Session.h"
-#include "PlatformSpecificTools.h"
+#include <CryptoTools/Session.h>
+#include <Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h>
+
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace crypto {
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.h
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.h
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "olm/olm.h"
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.cpp
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.cpp
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/CryptoTools/Tools.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#include "Tools.h"
-#include "PlatformSpecificTools.h"
+#include <CryptoTools/Tools.h>
+#include <Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h>
 
 #include <string>