diff --git a/compiler/include/concretelang-c/Support/CompilerEngine.h b/compiler/include/concretelang-c/Support/CompilerEngine.h
index f2ae72d70..90512590c 100644
--- a/compiler/include/concretelang-c/Support/CompilerEngine.h
+++ b/compiler/include/concretelang-c/Support/CompilerEngine.h
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ struct LibrarySupport_C {
 };
 typedef struct LibrarySupport_C LibrarySupport_C;
 
-MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED LibrarySupport_C library_support(const char *outputPath);
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED LibrarySupport_C
+library_support(const char *outputPath, const char *runtimeLibraryPath);
 
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED std::unique_ptr<mlir::concretelang::LibraryCompilationResult>
 library_compile(LibrarySupport_C support, const char *module,
diff --git a/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/CompilerEngine.h b/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/CompilerEngine.h
index 15a388f0c..e8ea4d90f 100644
--- a/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/CompilerEngine.h
+++ b/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/CompilerEngine.h
@@ -83,14 +83,19 @@ public:
     std::string libraryPath;
     std::vector<std::string> objectsPath;
     std::vector<mlir::concretelang::ClientParameters> clientParametersList;
+    /** Path to the runtime library. Will be linked to the output library if set
+     */
+    std::string runtimeLibraryPath;
     bool cleanUp;
 
   public:
     /** Create a library instance on which you can add compilation results.
      * Then you can emit a library file with the given path.
      * cleanUp at false keeps intermediate .obj files for later use. */
-    Library(std::string libraryPath, bool cleanUp = true)
-        : libraryPath(libraryPath), cleanUp(cleanUp) {}
+    Library(std::string libraryPath, std::string runtimeLibraryPath = "",
+            bool cleanUp = true)
+        : libraryPath(libraryPath), runtimeLibraryPath(runtimeLibraryPath),
+          cleanUp(cleanUp) {}
     /** Add a compilation result to the library */
     llvm::Expected<std::string> addCompilation(CompilationResult &compilation);
     /** Emit the library artifacts with the previously added compilation result
@@ -193,12 +198,14 @@ public:
           llvm::Optional<std::shared_ptr<Library>> lib = {});
 
   llvm::Expected<CompilerEngine::Library>
-  compile(std::vector<std::string> inputs, std::string libraryPath);
+  compile(std::vector<std::string> inputs, std::string libraryPath,
+          std::string runtimeLibraryPath = "");
 
   /// Compile and emit artifact to the given libraryPath from an LLVM source
   /// manager.
-  llvm::Expected<CompilerEngine::Library> compile(llvm::SourceMgr &sm,
-                                                  std::string libraryPath);
+  llvm::Expected<CompilerEngine::Library>
+  compile(llvm::SourceMgr &sm, std::string libraryPath,
+          std::string runtimeLibraryPath = "");
 
   void setCompilationOptions(CompilationOptions &options) {
     if (options.v0FHEConstraints.hasValue()) {
diff --git a/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/LibrarySupport.h b/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/LibrarySupport.h
index 992757fde..370684e4b 100644
--- a/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/LibrarySupport.h
+++ b/compiler/include/concretelang/Support/LibrarySupport.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class LibrarySupport
     : public LambdaSupport<serverlib::ServerLambda, LibraryCompilationResult> {
 
 public:
-  LibrarySupport(std::string outputPath) : outputPath(outputPath) {}
+  LibrarySupport(std::string outputPath, std::string runtimeLibraryPath = "")
+      : outputPath(outputPath), runtimeLibraryPath(runtimeLibraryPath) {}
 
   llvm::Expected<std::unique_ptr<LibraryCompilationResult>>
   compile(llvm::SourceMgr &program, CompilationOptions options) override {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public:
     engine.setCompilationOptions(options);
 
     // Compile to a library
-    auto library = engine.compile(program, outputPath);
+    auto library = engine.compile(program, outputPath, runtimeLibraryPath);
     if (auto err = library.takeError()) {
       return std::move(err);
     }
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
   std::string outputPath;
+  std::string runtimeLibraryPath;
 };
 
 } // namespace concretelang
diff --git a/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/CompilerAPIModule.cpp b/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/CompilerAPIModule.cpp
index 66e51344d..842dbf145 100644
--- a/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/CompilerAPIModule.cpp
+++ b/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/CompilerAPIModule.cpp
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ void mlir::concretelang::python::populateCompilerAPISubmodule(
       }));
   pybind11::class_<concretelang::serverlib::ServerLambda>(m, "LibraryLambda");
   pybind11::class_<LibrarySupport_C>(m, "LibrarySupport")
-      .def(pybind11::init([](std::string outputPath) {
-        return library_support(outputPath.c_str());
+      .def(pybind11::init([](std::string outputPath,
+                             std::string runtimeLibraryPath) {
+        return library_support(outputPath.c_str(), runtimeLibraryPath.c_str());
       }))
       .def("compile",
            [](LibrarySupport_C &support, std::string mlir_program,
diff --git a/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/concrete/compiler/library_support.py b/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/concrete/compiler/library_support.py
index e3be87cf5..aade24dfd 100644
--- a/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/concrete/compiler/library_support.py
+++ b/compiler/lib/Bindings/Python/concrete/compiler/library_support.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Library support provides a way to compile an MLIR program into a library that ca
 to execute the compiled code.
 """
 import os
+from typing import Optional
 
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
 from mlir._mlir_libs._concretelang._compiler import (
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ from .library_lambda import LibraryLambda
 from .public_result import PublicResult
 from .client_parameters import ClientParameters
 from .wrapper import WrapperCpp
+from .utils import lookup_runtime_lib
 
 
 # Default output path for compiled libraries
@@ -62,22 +64,35 @@ class LibrarySupport(WrapperCpp):
 
     @staticmethod
     # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
-    def new(output_path: str = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH) -> "LibrarySupport":
+    def new(
+        output_path: str = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH,
+        runtime_library_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> "LibrarySupport":
         """Build a LibrarySupport.
 
         Args:
             output_path (str, optional): path where to store compiled libraries.
                 Defaults to DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH.
+            runtime_library_path (Optional[str], optional): path to the runtime library. Defaults to None.
 
         Raises:
             TypeError: if output_path is not of type str
+            TypeError: if runtime_library_path is not of type str
 
         Returns:
             LibrarySupport
         """
+        if runtime_library_path is None:
+            runtime_library_path = lookup_runtime_lib()
         if not isinstance(output_path, str):
             raise TypeError(f"output_path must be of type str, not {type(output_path)}")
-        library_support = LibrarySupport.wrap(_LibrarySupport(output_path))
+        if not isinstance(runtime_library_path, str):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"runtime_library_path must be of type str, not {type(runtime_library_path)}"
+            )
+        library_support = LibrarySupport.wrap(
+            _LibrarySupport(output_path, runtime_library_path)
+        )
         library_support.library_path = output_path
         return library_support
 
diff --git a/compiler/lib/CAPI/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp b/compiler/lib/CAPI/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
index e37321667..c1bf0868d 100644
--- a/compiler/lib/CAPI/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/lib/CAPI/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ jit_server_call(JITSupport_C support, mlir::concretelang::JITLambda &lambda,
 }
 
 // Library Support bindings ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
-MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED LibrarySupport_C library_support(const char *outputPath) {
-  return LibrarySupport_C{mlir::concretelang::LibrarySupport(outputPath)};
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED LibrarySupport_C
+library_support(const char *outputPath, const char *runtimeLibraryPath) {
+  return LibrarySupport_C{
+      mlir::concretelang::LibrarySupport(outputPath, runtimeLibraryPath)};
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<mlir::concretelang::LibraryCompilationResult>
diff --git a/compiler/lib/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp b/compiler/lib/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
index 9041297a6..02700172a 100644
--- a/compiler/lib/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/lib/Support/CompilerEngine.cpp
@@ -391,9 +391,10 @@ CompilerEngine::compile(std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> buffer,
 
 llvm::Expected<CompilerEngine::Library>
 CompilerEngine::compile(std::vector<std::string> inputs,
-                        std::string libraryPath) {
+                        std::string libraryPath,
+                        std::string runtimeLibraryPath) {
   using Library = mlir::concretelang::CompilerEngine::Library;
-  auto outputLib = std::make_shared<Library>(libraryPath);
+  auto outputLib = std::make_shared<Library>(libraryPath, runtimeLibraryPath);
   auto target = CompilerEngine::Target::LIBRARY;
   for (auto input : inputs) {
     auto compilation = compile(input, target, outputLib);
@@ -410,9 +411,10 @@ CompilerEngine::compile(std::vector<std::string> inputs,
 }
 
 llvm::Expected<CompilerEngine::Library>
-CompilerEngine::compile(llvm::SourceMgr &sm, std::string libraryPath) {
+CompilerEngine::compile(llvm::SourceMgr &sm, std::string libraryPath,
+                        std::string runtimeLibraryPath) {
   using Library = mlir::concretelang::CompilerEngine::Library;
-  auto outputLib = std::make_shared<Library>(libraryPath);
+  auto outputLib = std::make_shared<Library>(libraryPath, runtimeLibraryPath);
   auto target = CompilerEngine::Target::LIBRARY;
 
   auto compilation = compile(sm, target, outputLib);
@@ -608,7 +610,12 @@ std::string ensureLibDotExt(std::string path, std::string dotExt) {
 llvm::Expected<std::string> CompilerEngine::Library::emit(std::string dotExt,
                                                           std::string linker) {
   auto pathDotExt = ensureLibDotExt(libraryPath, dotExt);
-  auto error = mlir::concretelang::emitLibrary(objectsPath, pathDotExt, linker);
+  auto objectsPathWithRuntimeLib = objectsPath;
+  if (!runtimeLibraryPath.empty()) {
+    objectsPathWithRuntimeLib.push_back(runtimeLibraryPath);
+  }
+  auto error = mlir::concretelang::emitLibrary(objectsPathWithRuntimeLib,
+                                               pathDotExt, linker);
   if (error) {
     return std::move(error);
   }