diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
index 5abb8d72df028..dde5125b456ba 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ cmake -S "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/llvm -B "${BUILD_DIR}" \
       -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
       -D LIBCXX_CXX_ABI=libcxxabi \
       -D MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON=ON \
+      -D MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
       -D LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON \
       -D LLDB_ENFORCE_STRICT_TEST_REQUIREMENTS=ON \
       -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_DIR}" \
       -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-no-pie" \
-      -D LLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=ON
+      -D LLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=ON \
+      -D LLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON
 
 start-group "ninja"
 
diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
index f85d6e3d51b57..f1f5010425f2e 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ cmake -S "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/llvm -B "${BUILD_DIR}" \
       -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
       -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
       -D MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON=ON \
+      -D MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS=ON \
       -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="/MANIFEST:NO" \
       -D CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS="/MANIFEST:NO" \
       -D CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="/MANIFEST:NO" \
-      -D LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="${runtimes}"
+      -D LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="${runtimes}" \
+      -D LLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON
 
 start-group "ninja"
 
diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
index 88dfa3e5d57a3..887eba036e99c 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "C++ standard to conform to")
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   find_package(MLIR REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
-
   # Define the default argument to use by `lit` when testing.
   set(LLVM_LIT_ARGS "-sv" CACHE STRING "Default options for lit")
 
@@ -60,5 +59,7 @@ if(MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(standalone-opt)
-add_subdirectory(standalone-plugin)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  add_subdirectory(standalone-plugin)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(standalone-translate)
diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fdde159064287..8864563df8a33 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ set(STANDALONE_TEST_DEPENDS
         standalone-capi-test
         standalone-opt
         standalone-translate
-        StandalonePlugin
         )
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  list(APPEND STANDALONE_TEST_DEPENDS StandalonePlugin)
+endif()
 if(MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON)
   list(APPEND STANDALONE_TEST_DEPENDS StandalonePythonModules)
 endif()
diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/lit.cfg.py b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/lit.cfg.py
index e27dddd7fb0b9..d4c1918fc5b3e 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 tool_dirs = [config.standalone_tools_dir, config.llvm_tools_dir]
 tools = [
-    "mlir-opt",
+    ToolSubst("mlir-opt", pre=";", post=";", unresolved="fatal"),
     "standalone-capi-test",
     "standalone-opt",
     "standalone-translate",
diff --git a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 628adcfb6e285..41f787fbfdced 100644
--- a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ if (MLIR_INCLUDE_INTEGRATION_TESTS)
 
 endif()
 
+option(MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS "Run Standalone example install tests." OFF)
+if(MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS AND "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" STREQUAL "")
+  message(WARNING "Standalone example install tests will install into root!\
+  If you want to disable this behavior pass -DMLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS=OFF")
+endif()
+
 llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES
   LLVM_HAS_NVPTX_TARGET
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   MLIR_ENABLE_SPIRV_CPU_RUNNER
   MLIR_ENABLE_VULKAN_RUNNER
   MLIR_INCLUDE_INTEGRATION_TESTS
+  MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS
   MLIR_RUN_AMX_TESTS
   MLIR_RUN_CUDA_TENSOR_CORE_TESTS
   MLIR_RUN_X86VECTOR_TESTS
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
index fe8397c6b9a10..cd2df2dd8f3a8 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
@@ -10,3 +10,19 @@ config.substitutions.append(("%host_cc", config.host_cc))
 config.substitutions.append(("%enable_libcxx", config.enable_libcxx))
 config.substitutions.append(("%mlir_cmake_dir", config.mlir_cmake_dir))
 config.substitutions.append(("%llvm_use_linker", config.llvm_use_linker))
+config.substitutions.append(("%llvm_obj_root", config.llvm_obj_root))
+config.substitutions.append(("%llvm_src_root", config.llvm_src_root))
+config.substitutions.append(("%host_cmake_install_prefix", config.host_cmake_install_prefix))
+config.substitutions.append(("%cmake_build_type", config.cmake_build_type))
+config.substitutions.append(("%cmake_c_compiler_launcher", config.cmake_c_compiler_launcher))
+config.substitutions.append(("%cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher", config.cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher))
+
+if config.run_standalone_install_tests:
+    config.available_features.add("run-standalone-install-tests")
+    # see https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/57782eff31e9d454b54a201c7ac43dc1b93dbb3f/llvm/utils/lit/lit/TestRunner.py#L1858
+    config.substitutions.insert(0, ("FileCheck", "FileChuck"))
+    config.substitutions.insert(0, ("count", "kount"))
+    config.substitutions.insert(0, ("not", "mot"))
+    config.substitutions.append(("kount", "count"))
+    config.substitutions.append(("mot", "not"))
+    config.substitutions.append(("FileChuck", "FileCheck"))
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.install-dir.toy b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.install-dir.toy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6531bf8098aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.install-dir.toy
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# REQUIRES: run-standalone-install-tests
+
+# RUN: echo "test full install" | tee %t
+# CHECK: test full install
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" --build "%llvm_obj_root" --target install -j | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" "%mlir_src_root/examples/standalone" -G "%cmake_generator" \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_c_compiler_launcher \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT="%llvm_obj_root/bin/llvm-lit" \
+# RUN: -DMLIR_DIR="%host_cmake_install_prefix/lib/cmake/mlir" \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_DIR="%host_cmake_install_prefix/lib/cmake/llvm" \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=%llvm_use_linker \
+# RUN: -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=%python \
+# RUN: -DPython_EXECUTABLE=%python | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" --build . --target check-standalone -j | tee -a %t
+
+# CHECK: Passed
+# CHECK-NOT: Failed
+# UNSUPPORTED: target={{.*(windows|android).*}}
+
+# RUN: echo "test install distribution" | tee -a %t
+# CHECK: test install distribution
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" "%llvm_src_root" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%cmake_build_type -B "%llvm_obj_root" \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS="llvm-headers;llvm-libraries;cmake-exports;FileCheck;count;not;mlir-headers;mlir-libraries;mlir-cmake-exports;mlir-tblgen;mlir-opt;mlir-python-sources" | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" --build "%llvm_obj_root" --target install-distribution -j | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" "%mlir_src_root/examples/standalone" -G "%cmake_generator" \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_c_compiler_launcher \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT="%llvm_obj_root/bin/llvm-lit" \
+# RUN: -DMLIR_DIR="%host_cmake_install_prefix/lib/cmake/mlir" \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_DIR="%host_cmake_install_prefix/lib/cmake/llvm" \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=%llvm_use_linker \
+# RUN: -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=%python \
+# RUN: -DPython_EXECUTABLE=%python | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: "%cmake_exe" --build . --target check-standalone -j | tee -a %t
+
+# RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t %s
+
+# CHECK: Passed
+# CHECK-NOT: Failed
+# UNSUPPORTED: target={{.*(windows|android).*}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
index e99bab5f0affc..c3e855b5d202d 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # RUN: "%cmake_exe" "%mlir_src_root/examples/standalone" -G "%cmake_generator" \
 # RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=%cmake_c_compiler_launcher \
 # RUN: -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx -DMLIR_DIR=%mlir_cmake_dir \
 # RUN: -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=%llvm_use_linker \
 # RUN: -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=%python \
@@ -11,4 +12,4 @@
 # if any fail.
 # CHECK: Passed
 # CHECK-NOT: Failed
-# UNSUPPORTED: target={{.*(windows|android).*}}
+# UNSUPPORTED: target={{.*(android).*}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
index f99c24d6e299a..c1cd371a466b7 100644
--- a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def find_real_python_interpreter():
     llvm_config.with_environment("PATH", dirs, append_path=True)
 
 tools = [
-    "mlir-tblgen",
+    ToolSubst("mlir-tblgen", pre=";", post=";", unresolved="fatal"),
     "mlir-translate",
     "mlir-lsp-server",
     "mlir-capi-execution-engine-test",
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def find_real_python_interpreter():
         ]
     )
 else:
-    tools.extend(["mlir-opt"])
+    tools.extend([ToolSubst("mlir-opt", pre=";", post=";", unresolved="fatal")])
 
 llvm_config.add_tool_substitutions(tools, tool_dirs)
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
index 8a742a227847b..b1044f5f86563 100644
--- a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 
 config.target_triple = "@LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE@"
+config.llvm_obj_root = "@LLVM_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.llvm_src_root = "@LLVM_SOURCE_DIR@"
 config.llvm_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ config.host_cc = "@HOST_CC@"
 config.host_cxx = "@HOST_CXX@"
 config.enable_libcxx = "@LLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX@"
 config.host_cmake = "@CMAKE_COMMAND@"
+config.cmake_build_type = "@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@"
+config.cmake_c_compiler_launcher = "@CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER@"
+config.cmake_cxx_compiler_launcher= "@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER@"
 config.host_cmake_generator = "@CMAKE_GENERATOR@"
+config.host_cmake_install_prefix = "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
 config.llvm_use_linker = "@LLVM_USE_LINKER@"
 config.llvm_use_sanitizer = "@LLVM_USE_SANITIZER@"
 config.host_arch = "@HOST_ARCH@"
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ config.build_examples = @LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES@
 config.run_nvptx_tests = @LLVM_HAS_NVPTX_TARGET@
 config.enable_cuda_runner = @MLIR_ENABLE_CUDA_RUNNER@
 config.run_rocm_tests = @MLIR_ENABLE_ROCM_CONVERSIONS@
+config.run_standalone_install_tests = @MLIR_RUN_STANDALONE_INSTALL_TESTS@
 config.enable_rocm_runner = @MLIR_ENABLE_ROCM_RUNNER@
 config.gpu_compilation_format = "@MLIR_GPU_COMPILATION_TEST_FORMAT@"
 config.rocm_test_chipset = "@ROCM_TEST_CHIPSET@"