diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be24be9865..227de370b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 3.10)
 #---- Declaring the project name will define ${Genten_SOURCE_DIR} to be
 #---- the path to this source file, and ${Genten_BINARY_DIR} to be the path
 #---- to the directory where cmake has been invoked.
-PROJECT (Genten)
+project(Genten VERSION "0.0.0")
 
 #---- Require C++14 without GNU extensions
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ SET(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 #---- Package OPTIONS
 #------------------------------------------------------------
+# Note: OPTION is a binary thing and can't have string in them
 OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries." OFF)
-OPTION(KOKKOS_PATH "Path to Kokkos installation for external Kokkos builds.  Setting this turns off the inline build with the bundled Kokkos source.")
 OPTION(ENABLE_BOOST "Enable Boost for reading compressed tensor files" OFF)
 OPTION(ENABLE_CALIPER "Enable Caliper for application profiling" OFF)
 OPTION(ENABLE_MATLAB "Enable MATLAB linkage to Tensor Toolbox" OFF)
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ ELSE()
   SET(GENTEN_INDEX_TYPE "size_t")
 ENDIF()
 
+# if the kokkos path is provided use the installation
 IF(KOKKOS_PATH)
   SET(KOKKOS_INLINE_BUILD OFF)
 ELSE()
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(
 INSTALL (
   TARGETS genten_mathlibs_c
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  EXPORT genten
   )
 SET(GENTEN_MATHLIBS
   genten_mathlibs_c
@@ -372,6 +374,7 @@ SET(GENTEN_LINK_LIBS gentenlib ${GENTEN_MATHLIBS} ${GENTEN_LIBS} ${ROL_LIBRARIES
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${GENTEN_LINK_LIBS})
 INSTALL (
   TARGETS gentenlib
+  EXPORT genten
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   )
 
@@ -482,6 +485,7 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE (
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (genten ${GENTEN_LINK_LIBS})
 INSTALL (
   TARGETS genten
+  EXPORT genten
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
   )
 
@@ -594,3 +598,9 @@ add_test(Genten_MTTKRP_aminoacid_atomic ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/bin/perf_MTTKRP --n
 add_test(Genten_MTTKRP_aminoacid_dupl ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/bin/perf_MTTKRP --nc 16 --input ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/data/aminoacid_data.txt --mttkrp-method duplicated)
 add_test(Genten_MTTKRP_aminoacid_perm ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/bin/perf_MTTKRP --nc 16 --input ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/data/aminoacid_data.txt --mttkrp-method perm)
 add_test(Genten_MTTKRP_random_dense ${Genten_BINARY_DIR}/bin/perf_MTTKRP --nc 16 --dims [30,40,50] --dense)
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+#---- Config
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+add_subdirectory(config)
+install(EXPORT genten DESTINATION lib64/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/config/CMakeLists.txt b/config/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58b947c0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+###############################################################################
+# export everything for a cmake build to be able to import with find_package
+###############################################################################
+
+if (NOT DEFINED GENTEN_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  set(GENTEN_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR "include")
+endif()
+
+if (NOT DEFINED GENTEN_INSTALL_CONFIG_DIR)
+  set(GENTEN_INSTALL_CONFIG_DIR "lib64")
+endif()
+
+if (NOT DEFINED GENTEN_INSTALL_LIB_DIR)
+  set(GENTEN_INSTALL_LIB_DIR "lib64")
+endif()
+
+if (NOT DEFINED GENTEN_INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
+  set(GENTEN_INSTALL_BIN_DIR "bin")
+endif()
+
+if (NOT DEFINED GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR)
+  if(WIN32)
+    set(GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR "cmake")
+  else()
+    set(GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR "${GENTEN_INSTALL_CONFIG_DIR}/cmake/Genten")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+# write version heler
+write_basic_package_version_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/GentenConfigVersion.cmake
+    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion
+)
+
+# write cmake package config file
+configure_package_config_file(
+  GentenConfig.cmake.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/GentenConfig.cmake
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION ${GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR}
+  PATH_VARS
+    GENTEN_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR
+    GENTEN_INSTALL_LIB_DIR
+    GENTEN_INSTALL_BIN_DIR
+    GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR
+    )
+
+# install everything needed
+install(FILES
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/GentenConfig.cmake
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/GentenConfigVersion.cmake
+    genten_setup_deps.cmake
+    genten_setup_targets.cmake
+    DESTINATION ${GENTEN_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR})
+
diff --git a/config/GentenConfig.cmake.in b/config/GentenConfig.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ee4f19e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/GentenConfig.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Note:
+# This file is named XxxConfig.cmake because once upon a time
+# when it was named xxx-config.cmake, we found that CMake's exported
+# targets script includes all "xxx*.cmake" files. This logic would
+# cause this script to be included more than once, seeding instability
+# that caused great harm to the kingdom.
+###############################################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
+
+if(NOT GENTEN_FOUND)
+
+    set(GENTEN_VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@")
+    set(GENTEN_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@")
+
+    set(GENTEN_KOKKOS_DIR  "@KOKKOS_PATH@")
+
+    # advertise if mfem support is enabled
+    set(GENTEN_LAPACK_FOUND @LAPACK_FOUND@)
+    set(GENTEN_LAPACK_LIBS "@LAPACK_LIBS@")
+
+    # pull in vars with details about configured paths
+    get_filename_component(GENTEN_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
+
+    # setup dependent pkgs (i.e., kokkos)
+    include(${GENTEN_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR}/genten_setup_deps.cmake)
+
+    # include the main exported targets
+    include("${GENTEN_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR}/genten.cmake")
+
+    # finish setup
+    include("${GENTEN_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR}/genten_setup_targets.cmake")
+
+    set(GENTEN_FOUND TRUE)
+
+endif()
diff --git a/config/genten_setup_deps.cmake b/config/genten_setup_deps.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89db4eec76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/genten_setup_deps.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+if(GENTEN_KOKKOS_DIR)
+  if(NOT EXISTS ${GENTEN_KOKKOS_DIR}/lib64/cmake/Kokkos/KokkosConfig.cmake)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find kokkos CMake include file (${GENTEN_KOKKOS_DIR}/lib64/cmake/Kokkos/KokkosConfig.cmake)")
+    endif()
+
+    ###############################################################################
+    # Import Kokkos CMake targets
+    ###############################################################################
+    find_package(Kokkos REQUIRED
+                 NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+                 PATHS ${GENTEN_KOKKOS_DIR}/lib64/cmake/Kokkos)
+endif()
diff --git a/config/genten_setup_targets.cmake b/config/genten_setup_targets.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..813cd2036e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/genten_setup_targets.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+set(GENTEN_INCLUDE_DIRS "${GENTEN_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/genten")
+
+add_library(genten::genten INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+
+set_property(TARGET genten::genten
+             APPEND PROPERTY
+             INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GENTEN_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/")
+
+set_property(TARGET genten::genten
+             APPEND PROPERTY
+             INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GENTEN_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/genten/")
+
+set_property(TARGET genten::genten
+             PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+             genten_mathlibs_c gentenlib gt_higher_moments)
diff --git a/joint_moments/CMakeLists.txt b/joint_moments/CMakeLists.txt
index 970822d26c..8319ae0ebd 100644
--- a/joint_moments/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/joint_moments/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #--https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49857596/cmake-simple-config-file-example/49858236
 #--https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20746936/what-use-is-find-package-if-you-need-to-specify-cmake-module-path-anyway
+set(joint_moment_headers Genten_HigherMoments.hpp)
+
 ADD_LIBRARY (
   gt_higher_moments SHARED
   ${Genten_SOURCE_DIR}/joint_moments/Genten_HigherMoments.cpp
@@ -7,40 +9,22 @@ ADD_LIBRARY (
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(gt_higher_moments PUBLIC ${GENTEN_LINK_LIBS})
 
 
-INSTALL(
-  TARGETS genten_mathlibs_c gentenlib gt_higher_moments
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-  EXPORT gt_higher_momentsConfig
+INSTALL (
+  FILES ${joint_moment_headers}
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/genten
+  PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ
   )
 
 INSTALL(
-  EXPORT gt_higher_momentsConfig
-  DESTINATION cmake
+  TARGETS gt_higher_moments
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  EXPORT genten
   )
 
-#HK3
-#HK3EXPORT(
-#HK3  EXPORT gt_higher_momentsConfig 
-#HK3  NAMESPACE gt_higher_moments::
-#HK3  FILE gt_higher_momentsConfig.cmake
-#HK3  )
-#HK3
-#HK3EXPORT( PACKAGE gt_higher_moments)
-
-#HKINSTALL (
-#HK  TARGETS gt_higher_moments
-#HK  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-#HK  )
-#HK
-#HKinclude(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
-#HKconfigure_package_config_file(gt_higher_momentsConfig.cmake.in
-#HK                              ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gt_higher_momentsConfig.cmake
-#HK                              INSTALL_DESTINATION cmake)
-#HK
-#HKINSTALL(
-#HK  FILES
-#HK  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gt_higher_momentsConfig.cmake
-#HK  DESTINATION cmake
-#HK  )
-
-
+# the configure files will be installed by the config/cmake files
+#
+#INSTALL(
+#  EXPORT gt_higher_momentsConfig
+#  DESTINATION cmake
+#  )
+#