diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 452a1328..61ab6bea 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,13 +102,12 @@ add_subdirectory(colorscheme)
 add_subdirectory(keyboardtranslator)
 add_subdirectory(profile)
 add_subdirectory(session)
+add_subdirectory(characters)
 
 set(konsoleprivate_SRCS ${windowadaptors_SRCS}
                         AutoScrollHandler.cpp
                         BookmarkHandler.cpp
                         BookmarkMenu.cpp
-                        characters/CharacterFormat.cpp
-                        characters/CharacterWidth.cpp
                         CheckableSessionModel.cpp
                         CompositeWidgetFocusWatcher.cpp
                         CopyInputDialog.cpp
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ set(konsoleprivate_SRCS ${windowadaptors_SRCS}
                         HistorySizeDialog.cpp
                         KeyBindingEditor.cpp
                         LabelsAligner.cpp
-                        characters/LineBlockCharacters.cpp
                         NullProcessInfo.cpp
                         NullProcessInfo.cpp
                         PlainTextDecoder.cpp
@@ -231,6 +229,7 @@ target_link_libraries(konsoleprivate
     konsolehelpers
     konsolesession
     konsoleprofile
+    konsolecharacters
     ${konsole_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28984051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/characters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+add_library(konsolecharacters
+    OBJECT
+    CharacterFormat.cpp
+    CharacterWidth.cpp
+    LineBlockCharacters.cpp
+)
+generate_export_header(konsolecharacters BASE_NAME konsolecharacters)
+target_include_directories(konsolecharacters PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+target_link_libraries(konsolecharacters Qt5::Gui)
diff --git a/src/characters/CharacterWidth.cpp b/src/characters/CharacterWidth.cpp
index 0d394593..fba2028c 100644
--- a/src/characters/CharacterWidth.cpp
+++ b/src/characters/CharacterWidth.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 //
 
 #include "CharacterWidth.h"
-#include "konsoledebug.h"
-#include "konsoleprivate_export.h"
+#include "konsolecharacters_export.h"
 
 
 struct Range {
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ static constexpr const RangeLut RANGE_LUT_LIST[] = {
 static constexpr const int RANGE_LUT_LIST_SIZE = 4;
 
 
-int KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT characterWidth(uint ucs4) {
+int KONSOLECHARACTERS_EXPORT characterWidth(uint ucs4) {
     if(Q_LIKELY(ucs4 < sizeof(DIRECT_LUT))) {
         return DIRECT_LUT[ucs4];
     }
diff --git a/src/characters/CharacterWidth.src.cpp b/src/characters/CharacterWidth.src.cpp
index c582f10b..97e80aa8 100644
--- a/src/characters/CharacterWidth.src.cpp
+++ b/src/characters/CharacterWidth.src.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 //
 
 #include "CharacterWidth.h"
-#include "konsoledebug.h"
-#include "konsoleprivate_export.h"
+#include "konsolecharacters_export.h"
 
 
 struct Range {
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ static constexpr const RangeLut RANGE_LUT_LIST[] = {«ranges-lut-list:
 static constexpr const int RANGE_LUT_LIST_SIZE = «ranges-lut-list-size»;
 
 
-int KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT characterWidth(uint ucs4) {
+int KONSOLECHARACTERS_EXPORT characterWidth(uint ucs4) {
     if(Q_LIKELY(ucs4 < sizeof(DIRECT_LUT))) {
         return DIRECT_LUT[ucs4];
     }