diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4234937b..04cc3405 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ add_subdirectory(keyboardtranslator)
 add_subdirectory(profile)
 add_subdirectory(session)
 add_subdirectory(characters)
+add_subdirectory(decoders)
 
 set(konsoleprivate_SRCS ${windowadaptors_SRCS}
                         BookmarkHandler.cpp
@@ -112,13 +113,11 @@ set(konsoleprivate_SRCS ${windowadaptors_SRCS}
                         Emulation.cpp
                         EscapeSequenceUrlExtractor.cpp
                         FontDialog.cpp
-                        decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
                         HistorySizeDialog.cpp
                         KeyBindingEditor.cpp
                         LabelsAligner.cpp
                         NullProcessInfo.cpp
                         NullProcessInfo.cpp
-                        decoders/PlainTextDecoder.cpp
                         PrintOptions.cpp
                         PrintOptions.cpp
                         ProcessInfo.cpp
@@ -233,6 +232,7 @@ target_link_libraries(konsoleprivate
     konsolesession
     konsoleprofile
     konsolecharacters
+    konsoledecoders
     ${konsole_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/Screen.cpp b/src/Screen.cpp
index ad61a0fd..bba16a97 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
-// Konsole
-#include "../decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h"
-#include "../decoders/HTMLDecoder.h"
+// Konsole decoders
+#include <PlainTextDecoder.h>
+#include <HTMLDecoder.h>
+
 #include "history/HistoryType.h"
 #include "history/HistoryScrollNone.h"
 #include "characters/ExtendedCharTable.h"
diff --git a/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
index 364ad4c9..3f5c45fe 100644
--- a/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(
 
 add_library(konsolecharacters OBJECT ${konsolecharacters_SRCS})
 generate_export_header(konsolecharacters BASE_NAME konsolecharacters)
-target_include_directories(konsolecharacters PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+target_include_directories(konsolecharacters
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(konsolecharacters Qt5::Gui)
diff --git a/src/colorscheme/CMakeLists.txt b/src/colorscheme/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e4fc6a..fe46a8d4 100644
--- a/src/colorscheme/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/colorscheme/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ add_library(konsolecolorscheme
     ${konsole_colorscheme_SRCS}
 )
 generate_export_header(konsolecolorscheme BASE_NAME konsolecolorscheme)
-target_include_directories(konsolecolorscheme PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+target_include_directories(konsolecolorscheme
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
 target_link_libraries(
     konsolecolorscheme
     ${konsole_LIBS}
diff --git a/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt b/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f445af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+add_library(konsoledecoders
+    OBJECT
+    PlainTextDecoder.cpp
+    HTMLDecoder.cpp
+)
+generate_export_header(konsoledecoders BASE_NAME konsoledecoders)
+target_include_directories(konsoledecoders
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+# TODO: remove the konsolecolorscheme dependencies
+target_link_libraries(konsoledecoders konsolecharacters konsolecolorscheme)
diff --git a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
index 54ce7f7a..961480b4 100644
--- a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 // Own
 #include "HTMLDecoder.h"
 
-// Konsole
-#include "colorscheme/ColorSchemeManager.h"
-#include "../characters/ExtendedCharTable.h"
+// Konsole colorScheme
+#include <ColorSchemeManager.h>
+
+// Konsole characters
+#include <ExtendedCharTable.h>
 
 // Qt
 #include <QTextStream>
diff --git a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
index a64a84b6..dc6c6ca0 100644
--- a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
+++ b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef HTMLDECODER_H
 #define HTMLDECODER_H
 
-// Konsole
+// Konsole decoders
 #include "TerminalCharacterDecoder.h"
 
 #include <QFont>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Konsole
     /**
      * A terminal character decoder which produces pretty HTML markup
      */
-    class KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT HTMLDecoder : public TerminalCharacterDecoder
+    class KONSOLEDECODERS_EXPORT HTMLDecoder : public TerminalCharacterDecoder
     {
     public:
         /**
diff --git a/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.cpp b/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.cpp
index 553cc1f5..59d60b44 100644
--- a/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 // Own
 #include "PlainTextDecoder.h"
 
-// Konsole
-#include "../characters/ExtendedCharTable.h"
+// Konsole characters
+#include <ExtendedCharTable.h>
 
 // Qt
 #include <QList>
diff --git a/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h b/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h
index 471730e6..132033bd 100644
--- a/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h
+++ b/src/decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef PLAINTEXTDECODER_H
 #define PLAINTEXTDECODER_H
 
-#include "konsoleprivate_export.h"
-
+// Konsole decoders
 #include "TerminalCharacterDecoder.h"
 
 class QTextStream;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Konsole
      * A terminal character decoder which produces plain text, ignoring colors and other appearance-related
      * properties of the original characters.
      */
-    class KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT PlainTextDecoder : public TerminalCharacterDecoder
+    class KONSOLEDECODERS_EXPORT PlainTextDecoder : public TerminalCharacterDecoder
     {
     public:
         PlainTextDecoder();
diff --git a/src/decoders/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h b/src/decoders/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
index 4055cc2e..f6159363 100644
--- a/src/decoders/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
+++ b/src/decoders/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 #include <QList>
 #include <QExplicitlySharedDataPointer>
 
-// Konsole
-#include "../characters/Character.h"
-#include "konsoleprivate_export.h"
+// Konsole characters
+#include <Character.h>
+
+// Konsole decoders
+#include "konsoledecoders_export.h"
 
 class QTextStream;
 
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Konsole {
  * Derived classes may produce either plain text with no other color or appearance information, or
  * they may produce text which incorporates these additional properties.
  */
-class KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT TerminalCharacterDecoder
+class KONSOLEDECODERS_EXPORT TerminalCharacterDecoder
 {
 public:
     virtual ~TerminalCharacterDecoder()