diff --git a/.cmake-format b/.cmake-format
index 8c355cf..86664ab 100644
--- a/.cmake-format
+++ b/.cmake-format
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ parse:
         BINARY_DIR: 1
         COMPATIBILITY: 1
         VERSION_HEADER: 1
+        EXPORT_HEADER: 1
+        DISABLE_VERSION_SUFFIX: 1
         DEPENDENCIES: +
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index 35d2f15..2b079f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Style
 
 on:
@@ -12,17 +13,17 @@ jobs:
   style:
 
     runs-on: macos-latest
-    
+
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    
-    - name: Install format dependencies
-      run: |
-        brew install clang-format
-        pip3 install cmake_format==0.6.11 pyyaml
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Install format dependencies
+        run: |
+          brew install clang-format
+          pip3 install cmake_format==0.6.13 pyyaml
 
-    - name: configure
-      run: cmake -Stest/style -Bbuild/style
+      - name: configure
+        run: cmake -S test/style -B build/style
 
-    - name: check style
-      run: cmake --build build/style --target check-format
+      - name: check style
+        run: cmake --build build/style --target check-format
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 599b8db..8801446 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Test
 
 on:
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: test and install local build
         run: |
           cmake -S test -B build/local
-          cmake --build build/local 
-          ./build/local/test
+          cmake --build build/local
+          cmake --build build/local --target test
           sudo cmake --build build/local --target install
 
       - name: test installed build
         run: |
           cmake -S test -B build/installed -D TEST_INSTALLED_VERSION=1
-          cmake --build build/installed 
-          ./build/installed/test
+          cmake --build build/installed
+          cmake --build build/installed --target test
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e348e4e..1c41657 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function(packageProject)
   cmake_parse_arguments(
     PROJECT
     ""
-    "NAME;VERSION;INCLUDE_DIR;INCLUDE_DESTINATION;BINARY_DIR;COMPATIBILITY;VERSION_HEADER;NAMESPACE;DISABLE_VERSION_SUFFIX;ARCH_INDEPENDENT"
+    "NAME;VERSION;INCLUDE_DIR;INCLUDE_DESTINATION;BINARY_DIR;COMPATIBILITY;EXPORT_HEADER;VERSION_HEADER;NAMESPACE;DISABLE_VERSION_SUFFIX;ARCH_INDEPENDENT"
     "DEPENDENCIES"
     ${ARGN}
   )
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ function(packageProject)
     set(PROJECT_VERSION_SUFFIX -${PROJECT_VERSION})
   endif()
 
-  # handle default arguments:
   if(NOT DEFINED PROJECT_COMPATIBILITY)
     set(PROJECT_COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
   endif()
@@ -39,14 +38,23 @@ function(packageProject)
     add_library(${PROJECT_NAMESPACE}${PROJECT_NAME} ALIAS ${PROJECT_NAME})
   endif()
 
-  if(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION_HEADER)
+  if(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION_HEADER OR DEFINED PROJECT_EXPORT_HEADER)
     set(PROJECT_VERSION_INCLUDE_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/PackageProjectInclude)
 
-    string(TOUPPER ${PROJECT_NAME} UPPERCASE_PROJECT_NAME)
-    configure_file(
-      ${PACKAGE_PROJECT_ROOT_PATH}/version.h.in
-      ${PROJECT_VERSION_INCLUDE_DIR}/${PROJECT_VERSION_HEADER} @ONLY
-    )
+    if(DEFINED PROJECT_EXPORT_HEADER)
+      include(GenerateExportHeader)
+      generate_export_header(
+        ${PROJECT_NAME} EXPORT_FILE_NAME ${PROJECT_VERSION_INCLUDE_DIR}/${PROJECT_EXPORT_HEADER}
+      )
+    endif()
+
+    if(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION_HEADER)
+      string(TOUPPER ${PROJECT_NAME} UPPERCASE_PROJECT_NAME)
+      configure_file(
+        ${PACKAGE_PROJECT_ROOT_PATH}/version.h.in
+        ${PROJECT_VERSION_INCLUDE_DIR}/${PROJECT_VERSION_HEADER} @ONLY
+      )
+    endif()
 
     get_target_property(target_type ${PROJECT_NAME} TYPE)
     if(target_type STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bb3de8..1b6540d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ packageProject(
   # (optional) create a header containing the version info
   # Note: that the path to headers should be lowercase
   VERSION_HEADER "${PROJECT_NAME}/version.h"
+  # (optional) create a export header using GenerateExportHeader module
+  EXPORT_HEADER "${PROJECT_NAME}/export.h"
   # (optional) install your library with a namespace (Note: do NOT add extra '::')
   NAMESPACE ${PROJECT_NAMESPACE}
   # (optional) define the project's version compatibility, defaults to `AnyNewerVersion`
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a59ce21..8c0201d 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 option(TEST_INSTALLED_VERSION "Test the version found by find_package" OFF)
 
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ else()
   add_subdirectory(transitive_dependency)
 endif()
 
-add_executable(test main.cpp)
+add_executable(main main.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(
-  test dependency ns::namespaced_dependency transitive_dependency::transitive_dependency
+  main dependency ns::namespaced_dependency transitive_dependency::transitive_dependency
 )
+
+enable_testing()
+add_test(NAME test COMMAND main)
diff --git a/test/dependency/CMakeLists.txt b/test/dependency/CMakeLists.txt
index a9f0fa7..ad23315 100644
--- a/test/dependency/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/dependency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(
   dependency
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ project(
   LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
-add_library(dependency source/dependency.cpp)
+add_library(dependency STATIC source/dependency.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(
   dependency PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
                     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}>
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PackageProject)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. PackageProject)
 
 packageProject(
   NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}
diff --git a/test/namespaced_dependency/CMakeLists.txt b/test/namespaced_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
index 6eeb212..6c154b3 100644
--- a/test/namespaced_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/namespaced_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(
   namespaced_dependency
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(
 )
 
 set(PROJECT_NAMESPACE "ns")
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} source/namespaced_dependency.cpp)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC source/namespaced_dependency.cpp)
 # the alias ${PROJECT_NAMESPACE}::${PROJECT_NAME} is automatically provided by PackageProject.cmake
 # if we use the `NAMESPACE` parameter
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ target_include_directories(
                                $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}>
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PackageProject)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. PackageProject)
 
 packageProject(
   NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}
diff --git a/test/style/CMakeLists.txt b/test/style/CMakeLists.txt
index 575b86e..650acd0 100644
--- a/test/style/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/style/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(StyleCheck)
 
diff --git a/test/transitive_dependency/CMakeLists.txt b/test/transitive_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
index f0d1a20..d2f9a0a 100644
--- a/test/transitive_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/transitive_dependency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(
   transitive_dependency
@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@ CPMAddPackage(
   OPTIONS "CXXOPTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES Off" "CXXOPTS_BUILD_TESTS Off"
 )
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} source/transitive_dependency.cpp)
+# Set default visibility to hidden for all targets
+set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN YES)
+
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED source/transitive_dependency.cpp)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} fmt cxxopts)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only cxxopts)
 
 target_include_directories(
   transitive_dependency PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
                                $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}>
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PackageProject)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.. PackageProject)
 
 packageProject(
   NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}
@@ -41,5 +45,6 @@ packageProject(
   INCLUDE_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
   INCLUDE_DESTINATION include/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}
   VERSION_HEADER "transitive_dependency/version.h"
+  EXPORT_HEADER "transitive_dependency/export.h"
   DEPENDENCIES "fmt 7.1.3;cxxopts 2.2.0"
 )
diff --git a/test/transitive_dependency/cmake/CPM.cmake b/test/transitive_dependency/cmake/CPM.cmake
index 467d0e0..5df65a1 100644
--- a/test/transitive_dependency/cmake/CPM.cmake
+++ b/test/transitive_dependency/cmake/CPM.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION 0.28.3)
+set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION 0.30.0)
 
 if(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE)
   # Expand relative path. This is important if the provided path contains a tilde (~)
diff --git a/test/transitive_dependency/source/transitive_dependency.cpp b/test/transitive_dependency/source/transitive_dependency.cpp
index 9f6ab5d..1e782fe 100644
--- a/test/transitive_dependency/source/transitive_dependency.cpp
+++ b/test/transitive_dependency/source/transitive_dependency.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <transitive_dependency/export.h>
 #include <transitive_dependency/version.h>
 
-void transitiveDependencyFunction() {
+void TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY_EXPORT transitiveDependencyFunction() {
   fmt::print("Using transitive_dependency version {}\n", TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY_VERSION);
 }