diff --git a/cmake/PAPI.cmake b/cmake/PAPI.cmake
index 810d3abf60..7b1319c2ea 100644
--- a/cmake/PAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/PAPI.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 include_guard(GLOBAL)
 
-# always provide Dyninst::ElfUtils even if it is a dummy
-omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-papi "omnitrace interface library")
-
 omnitrace_checkout_git_submodule(
     RELATIVE_PATH external/papi
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
@@ -242,8 +239,9 @@ set(PAPI_pfm_STATIC_LIBRARY
     CACHE FILEPATH "PAPI library" FORCE)
 
 target_include_directories(omnitrace-papi SYSTEM INTERFACE ${PAPI_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-papi INTERFACE TIMEMORY_USE_PAPI=1)
 target_link_libraries(omnitrace-papi INTERFACE ${PAPI_LIBRARY} ${PAPI_pfm_LIBRARY})
+omnitrace_target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-papi INTERFACE OMNITRACE_USE_PAPI
+                                                              TIMEMORY_USE_PAPI=1)
 
 install(
     DIRECTORY ${OMNITRACE_PAPI_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/
diff --git a/cmake/Packages.cmake b/cmake/Packages.cmake
index b839ade4e4..46e2f27e84 100644
--- a/cmake/Packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Packages.cmake
@@ -20,9 +20,18 @@ omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-rocm-smi
                                 "Provides flags and libraries for rocm-smi")
 omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-mpi "Provides MPI or MPI headers")
 omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-ptl "Enables PTL support (tasking)")
+omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-papi "Enable PAPI support")
+omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-ompt "Enable OMPT support")
 omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-python "Enables Python support")
 omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-timemory-config
                                 "CMake interface library applied to all timemory targets")
+omnitrace_add_interface_library(omnitrace-compile-definitions "Compile definitions")
+
+# libraries with relevant compile definitions
+set(OMNITRACE_EXTENSION_LIBRARIES
+    omnitrace::omnitrace-hip omnitrace::omnitrace-roctracer omnitrace::omnitrace-rocm-smi
+    omnitrace::omnitrace-mpi omnitrace::omnitrace-ptl omnitrace::omnitrace-ompt
+    omnitrace::omnitrace-papi)
 
 target_include_directories(omnitrace-headers INTERFACE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
                                                        ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
@@ -143,6 +152,15 @@ elseif(OMNITRACE_USE_MPI_HEADERS)
     target_link_libraries(omnitrace-mpi INTERFACE MPI::MPI_HEADERS)
 endif()
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+#
+# OMPT
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+omnitrace_target_compile_definitions(
+    omnitrace-ompt INTERFACE OMNITRACE_USE_OMPT=$<BOOL:${OMNITRACE_USE_OMPT}>)
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #
 # Dyninst
@@ -596,3 +614,21 @@ if(OMNITRACE_USE_PYTHON)
 
     include(ConfigPython)
 endif()
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+#
+# Compile definitions
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+foreach(_LIB ${OMNITRACE_EXTENSION_LIBRARIES})
+    get_target_property(_COMPILE_DEFS ${_LIB} INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+    if(_COMPILE_DEFS)
+        foreach(_DEF ${_COMPILE_DEFS})
+            if("${_DEF}" MATCHES "OMNITRACE_")
+                target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-compile-definitions
+                                           INTERFACE ${_DEF})
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+    endif()
+endforeach()
diff --git a/source/bin/omnitrace-avail/CMakeLists.txt b/source/bin/omnitrace-avail/CMakeLists.txt
index 658ddd6bfe..01a5cce482 100644
--- a/source/bin/omnitrace-avail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/bin/omnitrace-avail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ add_executable(
 
 target_include_directories(omnitrace-avail PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include)
 target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-avail PRIVATE OMNITRACE_EXTERN_COMPONENTS=0)
-target_link_libraries(omnitrace-avail PRIVATE omnitrace::omnitrace-interface-library)
+target_link_libraries(omnitrace-avail PRIVATE omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions
+                                              omnitrace::omnitrace-interface-library)
 set_target_properties(
     omnitrace-avail
     PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN:${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
diff --git a/source/bin/omnitrace-critical-trace/CMakeLists.txt b/source/bin/omnitrace-critical-trace/CMakeLists.txt
index 2af302503f..bce9129ad7 100644
--- a/source/bin/omnitrace-critical-trace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/bin/omnitrace-critical-trace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ add_executable(
 target_include_directories(omnitrace-critical-trace
                            PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include)
 target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-critical-trace PRIVATE OMNITRACE_EXTERN_COMPONENTS=0)
-target_link_libraries(omnitrace-critical-trace
-                      PRIVATE omnitrace::omnitrace-interface-library)
+target_link_libraries(
+    omnitrace-critical-trace PRIVATE omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions
+                                     omnitrace::omnitrace-interface-library)
 set_target_properties(
     omnitrace-critical-trace
     PROPERTIES BUILD_RPATH "\$ORIGIN:${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
diff --git a/source/bin/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt b/source/bin/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
index db874dc091..841b93a63f 100644
--- a/source/bin/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/bin/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
     PRIVATE omnitrace::omnitrace-headers
             omnitrace::omnitrace-dyninst
             omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-options
+            omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions
             $<BUILD_INTERFACE:timemory::timemory-headers>
             $<IF:$<BOOL:${OMNITRACE_USE_SANITIZER}>,omnitrace::omnitrace-sanitizer,>)
 
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ set_target_properties(
                INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH ON
                INSTALL_RPATH "${OMNITRACE_EXE_INSTALL_RPATH}")
 
+omnitrace_strip_target(omnitrace-exe)
+
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "^(DEBUG|Debug)")
     string(REPLACE " " ";" _FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
     target_compile_options(omnitrace-exe PRIVATE ${_FLAGS})
diff --git a/source/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 48a972dabc..f4835b44a1 100644
--- a/source/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ get_filename_component(COMMON_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" DIRECTOR
 
 target_include_directories(omnitrace-common-library INTERFACE ${COMMON_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_compile_definitions(omnitrace-common-library
-                           INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:OMNITRACE_INTERNAL_BUILD>)
+                           INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:OMNITRACE_INTERNAL_BUILD=1>)
diff --git a/source/lib/omnitrace-dl/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lib/omnitrace-dl/CMakeLists.txt
index a37c9d53b7..a5d36c9e38 100644
--- a/source/lib/omnitrace-dl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lib/omnitrace-dl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ add_library(omnitrace::omnitrace-dl-library ALIAS omnitrace-dl-library)
 
 target_sources(omnitrace-dl-library PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dl.cpp
                                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dl.hpp)
-target_link_libraries(omnitrace-dl-library
-                      PUBLIC ${dl_LIBRARY} $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::common-library>)
+target_link_libraries(
+    omnitrace-dl-library
+    PUBLIC ${dl_LIBRARY} $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::common-library>
+           $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions>)
 target_include_directories(
     omnitrace-dl-library
     PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
@@ -34,10 +36,6 @@ if(OMNITRACE_BUILD_DEVELOPER)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-omnitrace_target_compile_definitions(
-    omnitrace-dl-library
-    PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:OMNITRACE_USE_OMPT=$<BOOL:${OMNITRACE_USE_OMPT}>>)
-
 set_target_properties(
     omnitrace-dl-library
     PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME omnitrace-dl
diff --git a/source/lib/omnitrace-user/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lib/omnitrace-user/CMakeLists.txt
index ff9bd747f0..e3ed7f5ddd 100644
--- a/source/lib/omnitrace-user/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lib/omnitrace-user/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ target_sources(
 target_include_directories(
     omnitrace-user-library PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
                                   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
+target_link_libraries(omnitrace-user-library
+                      PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions>)
 
 check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fno-exceptions" omnitrace_user_library_fno_exceptions)
 check_cxx_compiler_flag("-ftls-model=local-dynamic"
diff --git a/source/lib/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lib/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
index 12fe86ab6e..0a6f009cb0 100644
--- a/source/lib/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lib/omnitrace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-headers>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-threading>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-options>
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-compile-definitions>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-hip>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-roctracer>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:omnitrace::omnitrace-rocm-smi>