diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a053eb28eb..48b43f39a40 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -446,18 +446,21 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_PYBIND AND APPLE)
 endif()
 
 #
-# executorch: Primary runtime library with primitive operators.
+# prim_ops_lib: Primary runtime library with primitive operators.
 #
 # Provides the Program and Method interfaces, along with primitive operators.
 # Does not contain portable kernels or other full operators. Does not contain
 # any backends.
 #
-add_library(executorch ${_executorch__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(executorch PRIVATE executorch_core)
-target_include_directories(executorch PUBLIC ${_common_include_directories})
-target_compile_definitions(executorch PUBLIC C10_USING_CUSTOM_GENERATED_MACROS)
-target_compile_options(executorch PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+add_library(prim_ops_lib ${_executorch__srcs})
+target_link_libraries(prim_ops_lib PRIVATE executorch_core)
+target_include_directories(prim_ops_lib PUBLIC ${_common_include_directories})
+target_compile_definitions(prim_ops_lib PUBLIC C10_USING_CUSTOM_GENERATED_MACROS)
+target_compile_options(prim_ops_lib PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
+target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib)
+
+# Legacy alias for backward compatibility during transition
+add_library(executorch ALIAS prim_ops_lib)
 
 #
 # portable_ops_lib: A library to register core ATen ops using portable kernels,
@@ -528,9 +531,9 @@ install(
   FILES_MATCHING
   PATTERN "*.h"
 )
+# ...existing code...
 install(
-  TARGETS executorch executorch_core
-  EXPORT ExecuTorchTargets
+  TARGETS prim_ops_lib executorch_core
   INCLUDES
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
 )
@@ -990,12 +993,3 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_ANDROID_JNI)
 endif()
 
 include(Test.cmake)
-
-install(
-  EXPORT ExecuTorchTargets
-  FILE ExecuTorchTargets.cmake
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/ExecuTorch
-)
-
-# Print all the configs that were called with announce_configured_options.
-print_configured_options()
diff --git a/backends/cadence/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/cadence/CMakeLists.txt
index 47183bed21d..aef0512d1f6 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/cadence/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_CADENCE_CPU_RUNNER)
   include(${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/tools/cmake/Codegen.cmake)
 
   set(_common_compile_options -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC)
-
   # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
   # etdump, bundled_program.
   find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
-  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(portable_ops_lib)
+  # Note: target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib) is now called automatically in executorch-config.cmake
+  
 
   target_include_directories(
     executorch INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories}
diff --git a/examples/arm/executor_runner/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/arm/executor_runner/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e1d7b08147..12ff6ef08ac 100644
--- a/examples/arm/executor_runner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/arm/executor_runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,8 +116,68 @@ add_corstone_subdirectory(${SYSTEM_CONFIG} ${ETHOS_SDK_PATH})
 configure_timing_adapters(${SYSTEM_CONFIG} ${MEMORY_MODE})
 
 # Dependencies from the ExecuTorch build
-find_package(
-  executorch REQUIRED HINTS "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/lib/cmake/ExecuTorch"
+add_library(executorch STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET executorch PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+                           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/libexecutorch.a"
+)
+
+add_library(executorch_core STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET executorch_core
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/libexecutorch_core.a"
+)
+target_link_libraries(executorch INTERFACE executorch_core)
+
+add_library(executorch_delegate_ethos_u STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET executorch_delegate_ethos_u
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/backends/arm/libexecutorch_delegate_ethos_u.a"
+)
+
+add_library(portable_ops_lib STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET portable_ops_lib
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/examples/arm/libarm_portable_ops_lib.a"
+)
+add_library(portable_kernels STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET portable_kernels
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/kernels/portable/libportable_kernels.a"
+)
+add_library(quantized_ops_lib STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET quantized_ops_lib
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/kernels/quantized/libquantized_ops_lib.a"
+)
+add_library(quantized_kernels STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET quantized_kernels
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/kernels/quantized/libquantized_kernels.a"
+)
+add_library(cortex_m_ops_lib STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET cortex_m_ops_lib
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/backends/cortex_m/libcortex_m_ops_lib.a"
+)
+add_library(cortex_m_kernels STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET cortex_m_kernels
+  PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+           "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/backends/cortex_m/libcortex_m_kernels.a"
+)
+add_library(extension_runner_util STATIC IMPORTED)
+set_property(
+  TARGET extension_runner_util
+  PROPERTY
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION
+    "${ET_BUILD_DIR_PATH}/extension/runner_util/libextension_runner_util.a"
 )
 
 # Convert pte to header
diff --git a/examples/devtools/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/devtools/CMakeLists.txt
index 355ff375361..7df0e818328 100644
--- a/examples/devtools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/devtools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ set(_common_include_directories ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/..)
 # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
 # etdump, bundled_program.
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(portable_ops_lib)
 
 target_include_directories(executorch INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories})
 
diff --git a/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
index 2cc5902c43a..7f302569c69 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,12 +77,8 @@ find_package(gflags REQUIRED)
 # llama_main: test binary to run llama, with tokenizer and sampler integrated
 #
 
-# find `executorch` libraries. CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH would work for host
-# compilation, but CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH appears to be necessary for
-# cross-compiling (e.g., to Android) to work as well.
-list(APPEND CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../..)
-find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+set(executorch_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../lib/cmake/ExecuTorch)
+find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # llama_runner library
 add_subdirectory(runner)
diff --git a/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
index cf9d54ad3ec..feffe8dcbc8 100644
--- a/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ find_package(gflags REQUIRED)
 #
 
 # find `executorch` libraries Same as for gflags
-list(APPEND CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../..)
-find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+set(executorch_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../lib/cmake/ExecuTorch)
+find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # llava_runner library
 add_subdirectory(runner)
diff --git a/examples/models/yolo12/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/models/yolo12/CMakeLists.txt
index 60b11685bdf..49625de906a 100644
--- a/examples/models/yolo12/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/models/yolo12/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ set(_common_include_directories ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/..)
 
 # find `executorch` libraries Same as for gflags
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED PATHS ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/cmake-out)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
 
 add_subdirectory(${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/third-party/gflags gflags)
 set(link_libraries gflags)
diff --git a/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt b/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
index c1fb1125c3e..34a0e49a27f 100644
--- a/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ set_target_properties(
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/fbjni/prefab/modules/fbjni/libs/android.${ANDROID_ABI}/libfbjni.so"
 )
 
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+
+set(executorch_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../lib/cmake/ExecuTorch)
+find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_library(
   executorch_jni SHARED jni/jni_layer.cpp jni/log.cpp jni/jni_layer_runtime.cpp
diff --git a/tools/cmake/executorch-config.cmake b/tools/cmake/executorch-config.cmake
index 6c27e8ba616..bdf8b03a3ea 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/executorch-config.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/executorch-config.cmake
@@ -48,9 +48,19 @@ foreach(lib ${required_lib_list})
   endif()
   list(APPEND EXECUTORCH_LIBRARIES ${lib})
 endforeach()
+
+# If we reach here, ET required libraries are found.
+target_link_libraries(executorch INTERFACE executorch_core)
+target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib)
+
 set(EXECUTORCH_FOUND ON)
 
-include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ExecuTorchTargets.cmake")
+target_link_libraries(executorch INTERFACE executorch_core)
+
+# ...existing code...
+
+# Move target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib) to line 177 (after all target_link_libraries for executorch)
+target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib)
 
 set(optional_lib_list
     flatccrt
@@ -88,7 +98,64 @@ set(optional_lib_list
     torchao_kernels_aarch64
 )
 
-foreach(lib ${optional_lib_list})
+# TODO: investigate use of install(EXPORT) to cleanly handle
+# target_compile_options/target_compile_definitions for everything.
+if(TARGET cpublas)
+  set_target_properties(
+    cpublas PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+                       "extension_threadpool;eigen_blas"
+  )
+endif()
+if(TARGET optimized_kernels)
+  set_target_properties(
+    optimized_kernels PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+                                 "executorch_core;cpublas;extension_threadpool"
+  )
+endif()
+
+if(TARGET coremldelegate)
+  set_target_properties(
+    coremldelegate PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+                              "coreml_inmemoryfs;coreml_util"
+  )
+endif()
+
+if(TARGET etdump)
+  set_target_properties(etdump PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "flatccrt;executorch")
+endif()
+
+if(TARGET optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib)
+  if(TARGET optimized_portable_kernels)
+    set(_maybe_optimized_portable_kernels_lib optimized_portable_kernels)
+  else()
+    set(_maybe_optimized_portable_kernels_lib portable_kernels)
+  endif()
+  set_target_properties(
+    optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib
+    PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+               "optimized_kernels;${_maybe_optimized_portable_kernels_lib}"
+  )
+endif()
+if(TARGET extension_threadpool)
+  target_compile_definitions(extension_threadpool INTERFACE ET_USE_THREADPOOL)
+  set_target_properties(
+    extension_threadpool PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+                                    "cpuinfo;pthreadpool"
+  )
+endif()
+
+# target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib) is now called automatically in executorch-config.cmake
+target_link_options_shared_lib(prim_ops_lib)
+
+set(shared_lib_list
+  # executorch -- size tests fail due to regression if we include this and I'm not sure it's needed.
+  optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib
+  portable_ops_lib
+  quantized_ops_lib
+  xnnpack_backend
+  vulkan_backend
+  quantized_ops_aot_lib)
+foreach(lib ${shared_lib_list})
   if(TARGET ${lib})
     list(APPEND EXECUTORCH_LIBRARIES ${lib})
   else()