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
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(Tools)
 add_subdirectory(grpc)
+add_subdirectory(CryptoTools)
 add_subdirectory(NativeModules)
 
 target_link_libraries(comm-client
@@ -26,3 +27,7 @@
   comm-grpc
   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 +1,60 @@
+project(comm-cryptotools)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+
+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::Olm
+)
+
+# reference local directory when building, use installation path when installing
+target_include_directories(comm-cryptotools
+  PUBLIC
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..>
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../Tools>
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${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)
+
+set(_builddir_export_path cmake/comm-cryptotools/comm-cryptotools-targets.cmake)
+export(TARGETS comm-cryptotools
+  NAMESPACE comm-cryptotools::
+  FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_builddir_export_path}
+)
+
+# 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
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "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
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "Session.h"
 #include "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"