diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15d410b..db85203 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,16 +2,32 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
-project(MinAPI)
 
+option(C74_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat warnings as errors" OFF)
 
 if (${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Xcode")
- 		if (${XCODE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 10)
-  			message(STATUS "Xcode 10 or later is required. Please install from the Mac App Store.")
-			return ()
-		endif ()
+ 	if (${XCODE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 10)
+  		message(STATUS "Xcode 10 or later is required. Please install from the Mac App Store.")
+		return ()
+	endif ()
 endif ()
 
+# Add the max sdk, if it exists
+if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/max-sdk-base/CMakeLists.txt")
+    add_subdirectory(max-sdk-base)
+else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "The max-sdk-base repository is missing. Maybe you did not clone recursively?")
+endif ()
+
+include(script/c74_add_min_target.cmake)
+include(test/c74_add_min_unit_test.cmake)
+
+
+
+
+project(MinAPI)
+
+
 if (WIN32)
     add_definitions(
 		-DMAXAPI_USE_MSCRT
@@ -21,16 +37,36 @@ if (WIN32)
 endif ()
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE MIN_API_HEADERS
-	 RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-	 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*.h)
-add_custom_target( API ALL
-	SOURCES ${MIN_API_HEADERS}
+	 RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+	 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*.h"
 )
 
+set(version 0.6.0)
+set(target min-api)
+
+add_library(${target} INTERFACE ${MIN_API_HEADERS})
+
+set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES FOLDER "C74_Libraries")
+set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES VERSION ${version})
+
+target_include_directories(${target} INTERFACE 
+    "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>"
+    "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include/include>"
+)
+
+add_library(API ALIAS min-api) # alias for backwards compatibility
+
+
+
+# Target for including the test headers
+set(target min-api-test-headers)
+add_library(${target} INTERFACE)
+target_include_directories(${target} INTERFACE test)
 
 
 enable_testing()
 
+set(C74_MOCK_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../tests")###
 # min-devkit and probably many user projects add the min-api as a subdirectory,
 # however, we want the min-api to be able to act as a standalone project as well.
 # so projects including the min-api should use the various .cmake scripts instead
@@ -39,7 +75,9 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
     add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
 else()
     message(DEPRECATION "Adding min-api via add_subdirectory() is deprecated and might break your setup in the future. Please remove the add_subdirectory() line from your CMakeLists.txt file.")
+    add_subdirectory(test/mock "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mock")
 endif()
+set_target_properties(mock_kernel PROPERTIES FOLDER "C74_Libraries")
 
 find_package (Doxygen QUIET)
 option (BUILD_DOCUMENTATION "Create and install the HTML based API documentation (requires Doxygen)" ${DOXYGEN_FOUND})
diff --git a/script/c74_add_min_target.cmake b/script/c74_add_min_target.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..865ad19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/c74_add_min_target.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Min-API Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
+
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags.cmake")
+
+
+# This command creates a "min target" with all needed configuration to build a max external. 
+# It creates a new project as well as a libary target both with the specified name. The target
+# is automatically linked against the max-sdk-base and the min-api. 
+# The list of sources which is passed will be added to the target. The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY specifies
+# the location where the compiled library will be put. 
+#
+# Call example: 
+# c74_add_min_target(mytarget SOURCES main.cpp asd.cpp OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ../externals)
+
+function(c74_add_min_target target)
+	set(oneValueArgs OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+	set(multiValueArgs SOURCES)
+	cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 PARAMS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+	
+	if (PARAMS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+		set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PARAMS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+		set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+		set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+	endif () 
+
+	add_definitions(-DC74_MIN_API)
+
+	c74_add_max_target(${target} SOURCES ${PARAMS_SOURCES}) # no quotes!
+	target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE min-api)
+	c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags(${target})
+
+endfunction()
diff --git a/script/c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags.cmake b/script/c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab7c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Min-API Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
+
+
+# enforce a strict warning policy for xcode
+function(c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags target)
+    if (APPLE)
+        set(C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS "-Wall -Wmissing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-lambda-capture -Wno-unknown-warning-option")
+        if (${C74_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS})
+            set(C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS "${C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS} -Werror")
+        endif ()
+
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_WARNING_CFLAGS ${C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS})
+    endif ()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/script/min-posttarget.cmake b/script/min-posttarget.cmake
index 3abba52..2098071 100644
--- a/script/min-posttarget.cmake
+++ b/script/min-posttarget.cmake
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 2018 The Min-API Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
 
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags.cmake")
 include(${C74_MAX_SDK_DIR}/script/max-posttarget.cmake)
 
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-option(C74_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat warnings as errors" OFF)
-
-if (APPLE)
-    set(C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS "-Wall -Wmissing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-lambda-capture -Wno-unknown-warning-option")
-    if (${C74_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS})
-        set(C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS "${C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS} -Werror")
-    endif ()
-
-    # enforce a strict warning policy
-    set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_WARNING_CFLAGS ${C74_XCODE_WARNING_CFLAGS})
-endif ()
+c74_set_target_xcode_warning_flags(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/test/c74_add_min_unit_test.cmake b/test/c74_add_min_unit_test.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8c7151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/c74_add_min_unit_test.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Min-API Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
+
+
+
+# Add a unit test target with given name from given sources files. Certain min/max-specific 
+# configurations are applied to the test target. # 
+#
+# Call example:
+#
+# c74_add_unit_test(my_random_test 
+#     SOURCES 
+#         random.cpp random_test.cpp 
+#     OUTPUT_DIRECTORY 
+#         ../tests
+# )
+
+function(c74_add_unit_test target)
+	set(options LINK_TO_C74_LIBS)
+	set(oneValueArgs OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+	set(multiValueArgs SOURCES)
+	cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 PARAMS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+	
+	c74_max_pre_project_calls()
+	c74_max_post_project_calls()
+	add_definitions(-DC74_MIN_API)
+	add_definitions(-DC74_USE_MIN_LIB)
+
+	c74_add_unit_test_impl(${target} 
+		OUTPUT_DIRECTORY 
+			"${PARAMS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}"
+		MAX_SDK_JIT_INCLUDES
+			${MAX_SDK_JIT_INCLUDES}  # these are initialized in the c74_pre_project_calls()
+		SOURCES 
+			${PARAMS_SOURCES}
+		DO_LINK_TO_C74_LIBS
+			${PARAMS_LINK_TO_C74_LIBS}
+	)
+endfunction()
+
+
+
+# Auto discover a test for an already existing target. 
+#
+# This function simulates the min-object-unittest.cmake script. It is expected that a source file with the name 
+# [target].cpp and a test file with the name [target]_test.cpp exist. If the test file does not exist, this function
+# does nothing
+
+function(c74_add_auto_unit_test target)
+	
+
+	get_target_property(SOURCE_FILES ${target} SOURCES)
+	
+	if (NOT SOURCE_FILES)
+		message(ERROR "No source files given")
+	endif ()
+	
+	set(ORIGINAL_NAME "${target}")
+	set(TEST_NAME "${target}_test")
+
+	if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_NAME}.cpp")
+		c74_test_source_files_macro()
+
+		#if (NOT TARGET mock_kernel)
+		#	set(C74_MOCK_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../../tests")###
+		#	#add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../min-api/test/mock" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mock")###
+		#endif ()
+		
+		c74_add_unit_test(${TEST_NAME} 
+			OUTPUT_DIRECTORY 
+				"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../tests"
+			SOURCES 
+				${TEST_NAME}.cpp ${TEST_SOURCE_FILES}
+		)
+	endif ()
+endfunction()
+
+
+macro(c74_test_source_files_macro)
+	set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES "")
+	FOREACH(SOURCE_FILE ${SOURCE_FILES})
+		set(ORIGINAL_WITH_EXT "${ORIGINAL_NAME}.cpp")
+		if (SOURCE_FILE STREQUAL ORIGINAL_WITH_EXT)
+			set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES ${TEST_SOURCE_FILES} ${TEST_NAME}.cpp)
+		else()
+			if(NOT SOURCE_FILE MATCHES ".+\.rc") # omit resource files
+				set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES "${TEST_SOURCE_FILES}" ${SOURCE_FILE})
+			endif()
+		endif()
+	ENDFOREACH()
+endmacro()
+
+
+
+function(c74_add_unit_test_impl target)
+	set(oneValueArgs OUTPUT_DIRECTORY MAX_SDK_JIT_INCLUDES DO_LINK_TO_C74_LIBS)
+	set(multiValueArgs SOURCES)
+	cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 PARAMS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}")
+
+	enable_testing()
+	
+	# set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
+	# set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
+	# set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
+
+	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PARAMS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
+
+	add_executable(${target} ${PARAMS_SOURCES})
+	add_dependencies(${target} mock_kernel)
+	target_compile_definitions(${target} PUBLIC -DMIN_TEST)
+	
+	set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Unit Tests")
+	set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17)
+	set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+	target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC mock_kernel)
+	target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE max-sdk-base-headers min-api min-api-test-headers)
+	
+	if (PARAMS_DO_LINK_TO_C74_LIBS)
+		target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE max-sdk-base)
+	endif ()
+
+	if (APPLE)
+		set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-F'${PARAMS_MAX_SDK_JIT_INCLUDES}', -weak_framework JitterAPI")
+		target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -DCATCH_CONFIG_NO_CPP17_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTIONS)
+	endif ()
+	if (WIN32)
+		set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES COMPILE_PDB_NAME ${target})
+		
+		##target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${MaxAPI_LIB})
+		##target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${MaxAudio_LIB})
+		##target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${Jitter_LIB})
+	endif ()
+
+	add_test(NAME ${target} COMMAND ${target})
+endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/min-object-unittest.cmake b/test/min-object-unittest.cmake
index fe65aed..5d93e37 100644
--- a/test/min-object-unittest.cmake
+++ b/test/min-object-unittest.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2018 The Min-API Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by the MIT License found in the License.md file.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+
 
 set(ORIGINAL_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
 set(TEST_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}_test")
@@ -9,62 +9,23 @@ set(TEST_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}_test")
 
 if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_NAME}.cpp")
 
-	enable_testing()
-
-	include_directories( 
-		"${C74_INCLUDES}"
-		"${C74_MIN_API_DIR}/test"
-		# "${C74_MIN_API_DIR}/test/mock"
-	)
-
-	set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES "")
-	FOREACH(SOURCE_FILE ${SOURCE_FILES})
-		set(ORIGINAL_WITH_EXT "${ORIGINAL_NAME}.cpp")
-		if (SOURCE_FILE STREQUAL ORIGINAL_WITH_EXT)
-			set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES ${TEST_SOURCE_FILES} ${TEST_NAME}.cpp)
-		else()
-			set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES "${TEST_SOURCE_FILES}" ${SOURCE_FILE})
-		endif()
-	ENDFOREACH()
+	#if (NOT DEFINED SOURCE_FILES)
+	#	get_target_property(SOURCE_FILES ${ORIGINAL_NAME} SOURCES)
+	#endif ()
 	
-	# set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
-	# set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
-	# set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
-
-	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../tests")
-	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-
-	add_executable(${TEST_NAME} ${TEST_NAME}.cpp ${TEST_SOURCE_FILES})
+	c74_test_source_files_macro()
 
 	if (NOT TARGET mock_kernel)
 		set(C74_MOCK_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../../tests")
-		add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../test/mock ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mock)
+		add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../test/mock" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mock")
 	endif ()
-
-	add_dependencies(${TEST_NAME} mock_kernel)
-
-	target_compile_definitions(${TEST_NAME} PUBLIC -DMIN_TEST)
-
-	set_property(TARGET ${TEST_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
-	set_property(TARGET ${TEST_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-
-    target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} PUBLIC "mock_kernel")
-
-	if (APPLE)
-        set_target_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-F'${MAX_SDK_JIT_INCLUDES}', -weak_framework JitterAPI")
-		target_compile_options(${TEST_NAME} PRIVATE -DCATCH_CONFIG_NO_CPP17_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTIONS)
-	endif ()
-	if (WIN32)
-        set_target_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES COMPILE_PDB_NAME ${TEST_NAME})
-
-		# target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} ${MaxAPI_LIB})
-		# target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} ${MaxAudio_LIB})
-		# target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} ${Jitter_LIB})
-	endif ()
-
-	add_test(NAME ${TEST_NAME}
-	         COMMAND ${TEST_NAME})
+	
+	c74_add_unit_test(${TEST_NAME} 
+		OUTPUT_DIRECTORY 
+			"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../tests"
+		SOURCES 
+			${TEST_NAME}.cpp ${TEST_SOURCE_FILES}
+	)
 	 
 endif ()
 	 
\ No newline at end of file