diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 17b232d..b55fde8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ keywords = ["xmp", "metadata"]
 categories = ["api-bindings"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70.0"
+links = "xmp_toolkit"
 exclude = [
     "external/xmp_toolkit/docs",
     "external/xmp_toolkit/samples",
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8d48135..de8923c 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ fn main() {
         &out_dir
     );
 
+    println!(
+        "cargo:include={}/external/xmp_toolkit/public/include",
+        std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("Failed to get CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+    );
+
     xmp_config
         .cpp(true)
         .define("TXMP_STRING_TYPE", "std::string")