diff --git a/build-check/CPPC/meson.build b/build-check/CPPC/meson.build
index 743ebc36..8182f75d 100644
--- a/build-check/CPPC/meson.build
+++ b/build-check/CPPC/meson.build
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 if get_option('openmp_support')
-    add_project_arguments('-DGF_USE_OPENMP', language: 'cpp')
+    gridfire_args += ['-DGF_USE_OPENMP']
 endif
 
 if get_option('asan') and get_option('buildtype') != 'debug' and get_option('buildtype') != 'debugoptimized'
diff --git a/build-config/cppad/meson.build b/build-config/cppad/meson.build
index 6b772c13..f2ea47d8 100644
--- a/build-config/cppad/meson.build
+++ b/build-config/cppad/meson.build
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ cppad_dep = declare_dependency(
   link_with: libcppad_static,
   include_directories: cppad_incs
 )
+
+message('Installing CppAD headers to ' + get_option('includedir'))
+install_subdir(
+  'subprojects/CppAD-20250000.2/include',
+  install_dir: get_option('includedir'),
+  strip_directory: true
+)
diff --git a/build-extra/log-level/meson.build b/build-extra/log-level/meson.build
index 18169529..41e14607 100644
--- a/build-extra/log-level/meson.build
+++ b/build-extra/log-level/meson.build
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ elif (llevel == 'critical')
 endif
 
 log_argument = '-DQUILL_COMPILE_ACTIVE_LOG_LEVEL=' + log_argument
-add_project_arguments(log_argument, language: 'cpp')
+gridfire_args += [log_argument]
diff --git a/build-extra/pkg-config/meson.build b/build-extra/pkg-config/meson.build
index b95f8bd3..c23468f3 100644
--- a/build-extra/pkg-config/meson.build
+++ b/build-extra/pkg-config/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ if get_option('pkg_config')
             libgridfire,
             libcomposition,
             libconst,
-            liblogging
+            liblogging,
+            libcppad_static,
+            libcvode_static,
+            libkinsol_static
+            
         ],
         subdirs: ['gridfire'],
         filebase: 'gridfire',
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 023856a3..ec0e79be 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 # *********************************************************************** #
-project('GridFire', ['c', 'cpp'], version: 'v0.7.6rc3.3', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
+project('GridFire', ['c', 'cpp'], version: 'v0.7.6rc3.4', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
+
+gridfire_args = []
 
 # Start by running the code which validates the build environment
 subdir('build-check')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ecc7115e..2e8cc35d 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Define the library
+subdir('include/gridfire/utils') # Generate the version header file first
+
 gridfire_sources = files(
     'lib/engine/engine_graph.cpp',
     'lib/engine/views/engine_adaptive.cpp',
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ if get_option('build_python')
         gridfire_sources,
         include_directories: include_directories('include'),
         dependencies: gridfire_build_dependencies,
+        cpp_args: gridfire_args,
         objects: [cvode_objs, kinsol_objs],
         install : false)
 else
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ else
                           include_directories: include_directories('include'),
                           dependencies: gridfire_build_dependencies,
                           objects: [cvode_objs, kinsol_objs],
+                          cpp_args: gridfire_args,
                           install : true)
 endif
 
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ gridfire_dep = declare_dependency(
     link_with: libgridfire,
     sources: gridfire_sources,
     dependencies: gridfire_build_dependencies,
+    compile_args: gridfire_args,
 )
 
 install_subdir('include/gridfire', install_dir: get_option('includedir'))