diff --git a/src/Simulation/Common/Simulators.Dev.props b/src/Simulation/Common/Simulators.Dev.props
index 07253c84..8ca041f7 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Common/Simulators.Dev.props
+++ b/src/Simulation/Common/Simulators.Dev.props
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <NativeRootPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(EnlistmentRoot)src/Simulation/Native))</NativeRootPath>
     <NativeBuildPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(NativeRootPath)/build/drop))</NativeBuildPath>
     <ExperimentalSimBuildPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(EnlistmentRoot)src/Simulation/qdk_sim_rs/drop))</ExperimentalSimBuildPath>
-    <NativeSparseSimBuildPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(EnlistmentRoot)src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build))</NativeSparseSimBuildPath>
+    <NativeSparseSimBuildPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath($(EnlistmentRoot)src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build/drop))</NativeSparseSimBuildPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/CMakeLists.txt
index a5a467f7..f7774fae 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ foreach(TEST SparseSimulatorTests CSharpIntegrationTests)
     target_include_directories(${TEST} PRIVATE ../../Qir/Common/Externals/catch2)
     add_test(${TEST} ${TEST})
 endforeach()
+
+install(TARGETS Microsoft.Quantum.SparseSimulator.Runtime
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/drop"
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/drop"
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/drop"
+       )
diff --git a/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build.ps1 b/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build.ps1
index 526318fd..b147a204 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build.ps1
+++ b/src/Simulation/NativeSparseSimulator/build.ps1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Push-Location $BuildDir
     ( & "cmake" $CmakeConfigArgs ) || ( $FailureCommands.Invoke() )
 
     # Invoke the build scripts:
-    ( cmake --build . ) || ( $FailureCommands.Invoke() )
+    ( cmake --build . --target install) || ( $FailureCommands.Invoke() )
 
 # popd
 Pop-Location