diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b4376270..e8356938f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,9 +65,4 @@ cmake-build*/
 .cache
 compile_commands.json
 
-# PODIO generated artifacts
-src/examples/PodioExample/datamodel/*
-src/examples/PodioExample/src/*
-src/examples/PodioExample/podio_generated_files.cmake
 
-podio_build/
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/PodioExample/CMakeLists.txt
index c77838a52..9e29d1be0 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,25 +9,34 @@ set(PodioExample_SOURCES
 
 if (USE_PODIO)
 
-    foreach( _conf ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES} )
-        string(TOUPPER ${_conf} _conf )
-        set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${_conf} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
-        set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${_conf} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
-        set( CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${_conf} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
-    endforeach()
-    PODIO_GENERATE_DATAMODEL(datamodel layout.yaml DATAMODEL_HEADERS DATAMODEL_SOURCES IO_BACKEND_HANDLERS ROOT)
-    PODIO_ADD_DATAMODEL_CORE_LIB(PodioExampleDatamodel "${DATAMODEL_HEADERS}" "${DATAMODEL_SOURCES}")
-    PODIO_ADD_ROOT_IO_DICT(PodioExampleDatamodelDict PodioExampleDatamodel "${DATAMODEL_HEADERS}" src/selection.xml)
+    PODIO_GENERATE_DATAMODEL(PodioExampleDatamodel layout.yaml headers sources 
+        IO_BACKEND_HANDLERS ROOT
+        OUTPUT_FOLDER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    )
+
+    PODIO_ADD_DATAMODEL_CORE_LIB(PodioExampleDatamodel "${headers}" "${sources}"
+        OUTPUT_FOLDER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+    PODIO_ADD_ROOT_IO_DICT(PodioExampleDatamodelDict PodioExampleDatamodel "${headers}" 
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/selection.xml)
 
     find_package(podio REQUIRED)
     add_executable(PodioExample ${PodioExample_SOURCES})
-    target_include_directories(PodioExample PUBLIC .)
-    target_link_libraries(PodioExample jana2 podio::podio PodioExampleDatamodel PodioExampleDatamodelDict podio::podioRootIO)
+    target_link_libraries(PodioExample 
+        jana2 PodioExampleDatamodel PodioExampleDatamodelDict podio::podioRootIO)
+
     set_target_properties(PodioExample PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
     install(TARGETS PodioExample DESTINATION bin)
-    install(TARGETS PodioExampleDatamodel DESTINATION lib)
+
+    install(TARGETS PodioExampleDatamodel
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+            PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include/PodioExampleDatamodel #include/JANA/Plugins/PodioExampleDatamodel
+    )
+    
     install(TARGETS PodioExampleDatamodelDict DESTINATION lib)
+
+
 else()
     message(STATUS "Skipping examples/PodioExample because USE_PODIO=Off")
 
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/DatamodelGlue.h b/src/examples/PodioExample/DatamodelGlue.h
index f0ae08426..a96ac9789 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/DatamodelGlue.h
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/DatamodelGlue.h
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #ifndef JANA2_DATAMODELGLUE_H
 #define JANA2_DATAMODELGLUE_H
 
-#include <datamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h>
-#include <datamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
-#include <datamodel/EventInfoCollection.h>
-#include <datamodel/TimesliceInfoCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/EventInfoCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/TimesliceInfoCollection.h>
 
 
 template<typename ... Ts>
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.cc b/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.cc
index c718c59e6..9e91ea83a 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.cc
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 #include "ExampleClusterFactory.h"
-#include "datamodel/ExampleHit.h"
+#include "PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleHit.h"
 #include <JANA/JEvent.h>
 
 ExampleClusterFactory::ExampleClusterFactory() {
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ void ExampleClusterFactory::Process(const std::shared_ptr<const JEvent> &event)
 }
 
 
-// TODO: Expose collections as refs, not ptrs?
\ No newline at end of file
+// TODO: Expose collections as refs, not ptrs?
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.h b/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.h
index 0980c123a..39a979490 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.h
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/ExampleClusterFactory.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define JANA2_EXAMPLECLUSTERFACTORY_H
 
 #include <JANA/Podio/JFactoryPodioT.h>
-#include "datamodel/ExampleCluster.h"
+#include "PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleCluster.h"
 #include "DatamodelGlue.h"
 
 class ExampleClusterFactory : public JFactoryPodioT<ExampleCluster> {
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExample.cc b/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExample.cc
index 2bf703814..3980238a6 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExample.cc
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExample.cc
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <podio/CollectionBase.h>
 #include <podio/Frame.h>
-#include "datamodel/MutableExampleHit.h"
-#include "datamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h"
+#include "PodioExampleDatamodel/MutableExampleHit.h"
+#include "PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h"
 #include <podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h>
 #include <podio/ROOTFrameReader.h>
 
diff --git a/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExampleSource.cc b/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExampleSource.cc
index 751dca681..66c5f5e4f 100644
--- a/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExampleSource.cc
+++ b/src/examples/PodioExample/PodioExampleSource.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 #include "PodioExampleSource.h"
-#include <datamodel/EventInfo.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/EventInfo.h>
 
 std::unique_ptr<podio::Frame> PodioExampleSource::NextFrame(int event_index, int &event_number, int &run_number) {
 
diff --git a/src/programs/perf_tests/PodioStressTest.h b/src/programs/perf_tests/PodioStressTest.h
index f2cddce7c..8ad2ee9df 100644
--- a/src/programs/perf_tests/PodioStressTest.h
+++ b/src/programs/perf_tests/PodioStressTest.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <datamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h>
-#include <datamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleHitCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
 
 
diff --git a/src/programs/unit_tests/Components/PodioTests.cc b/src/programs/unit_tests/Components/PodioTests.cc
index 184e596fb..9fdcd4099 100644
--- a/src/programs/unit_tests/Components/PodioTests.cc
+++ b/src/programs/unit_tests/Components/PodioTests.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <catch.hpp>
 
 #include <type_traits>
-#include <datamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
+#include <PodioExampleDatamodel/ExampleClusterCollection.h>
 #include <DatamodelGlue.h>  // Hopefully this won't be necessary in the future
 #include <JANA/JEvent.h>