diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 0aa86efcfb..00774fd978 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -727,18 +727,17 @@ list(FIND LANGUAGES "Fortran" _index)
 if(_index GREATER -1)
   target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${CMAKE_Fortran_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
-set(LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS angle.h atom.h bond.h citeme.h comm.h compute.h dihedral.h domain.h error.h fix.h force.h group.h improper.h
-  input.h info.h kspace.h lammps.h lattice.h library.h lmppython.h lmptype.h memory.h modify.h neighbor.h neigh_list.h output.h
-  pair.h pointers.h region.h timer.h universe.h update.h utils.h variable.h)
-if(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
-  list(APPEND LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS exceptions.h)
-endif()
+set(LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS angle.h atom.h bond.h citeme.h comm.h command.h compute.h dihedral.h domain.h
+  error.h exceptions.h fix.h force.h group.h improper.h input.h info.h kspace.h lammps.h lattice.h
+  library.h lmppython.h lmptype.h memory.h modify.h neighbor.h neigh_list.h output.h pair.h
+  platform.h pointers.h region.h timer.h universe.h update.h utils.h variable.h)
+set(LAMMPS_FMT_HEADERS core.h format.h)
 
 set_target_properties(lammps PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME lammps${LAMMPS_MACHINE})
 set_target_properties(lammps PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
 set_target_properties(lammps PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib")
 target_include_directories(lammps PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/lammps>)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/fmt)
 foreach(_HEADER ${LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS})
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/${_HEADER} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${_HEADER} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/${_HEADER} DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${_HEADER})
   add_custom_target(${_HEADER} DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/${_HEADER})
@@ -747,6 +746,14 @@ foreach(_HEADER ${LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS})
     install(FILES ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${_HEADER} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/lammps)
   endif()
 endforeach()
+foreach(_HEADER ${LAMMPS_FMT_HEADERS})
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/fmt/${_HEADER} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/fmt/${_HEADER} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/fmt/${_HEADER} DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/fmt/${_HEADER})
+  add_custom_target(fmt_${_HEADER} DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/fmt/${_HEADER})
+  add_dependencies(lammps fmt_${_HEADER})
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    install(FILES ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/fmt/${_HEADER} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/lammps/fmt)
+  endif()
+endforeach()
 target_include_directories(lammps INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes>)
 add_library(LAMMPS::lammps ALIAS lammps)
 get_target_property(LAMMPS_DEFINES lammps INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)