diff --git a/VCI/VCICommon.cmake b/VCI/VCICommon.cmake
index cb7fef523c654feb87c950c08daeda780563deb8..1bbacca99dccae6ceee03bb256bb3756663f92cc 100644
--- a/VCI/VCICommon.cmake
+++ b/VCI/VCICommon.cmake
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ macro (vci_openmp)
         set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
         set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
         add_definitions(-DUSE_OPENMP)
+
+        # export includes and libraries for usage within openflipper plugins
+        set(OPENMP_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OpenMP_CXX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        set(OPENMP_LIBRARIES ${OpenMP_libomp_LIBRARY})        
 #      else ()
 #        set (OPENMP_NOTFOUND 1)
 #      endif ()