diff --git a/rclcpp_components/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp_components/CMakeLists.txt
index 95ba47fa93..c0c3d595bf 100644
--- a/rclcpp_components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp_components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ ament_target_dependencies(component_container
   "rclcpp"
 )
 
+install(FILES 
+  src/node_main.cpp.in
+  DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
 add_executable(
   component_container_mt
   src/component_container_mt.cpp
diff --git a/rclcpp_components/cmake/rclcpp_components_register_node.cmake b/rclcpp_components/cmake/rclcpp_components_register_node.cmake
index daa2db32c6..81126d879b 100644
--- a/rclcpp_components/cmake/rclcpp_components_register_node.cmake
+++ b/rclcpp_components/cmake/rclcpp_components_register_node.cmake
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ macro(rclcpp_components_register_node target)
   set(_RCLCPP_COMPONENTS__NODES
     "${_RCLCPP_COMPONENTS__NODES}${component};${_path}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${target}>\n")
   set(CLASS_NAME ${component})
-  configure_file(../../rclcpp/rclcpp_components/src/node_main.cpp.in
-    ../../rclcpp/rclcpp_components/src/node_main_${node}.cpp @ONLY)
-  add_executable(${node} ../../rclcpp/rclcpp_components/src/node_main_${node}.cpp)
+  set(build_dir ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../rclcpp_components) 
+  configure_file(${build_dir}/node_main.cpp.in
+    ${build_dir}/node_main_${node}.cpp @ONLY)
+  add_executable(${node} ${build_dir}/node_main_${node}.cpp)
   set(lib ${target})
   # Needed so symbols aren't dropped if not usesd
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")