diff --git a/slang.h b/slang.h
index 4ed37d88ce..e23a54ef0f 100644
--- a/slang.h
+++ b/slang.h
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ extern "C"
             NoHLSLBinding,
             ValidateUniformity,
             AllowGLSL,
+            EmitHeader,
 
             // Internal
 
diff --git a/source/slang/core.meta.slang b/source/slang/core.meta.slang
index 2e878b0653..2ef5ffd6c5 100644
--- a/source/slang/core.meta.slang
+++ b/source/slang/core.meta.slang
@@ -2577,6 +2577,9 @@ attribute_syntax [AutoPyBindCUDA] : AutoPyBindCudaAttribute;
 __attributeTarget(AggTypeDecl)
 attribute_syntax [PyExport(name: String)] : PyExportAttribute;
 
+__attributeTarget(DeclBase)
+attribute_syntax [HeaderExport] : HeaderExportAttribute;
+
 __attributeTarget(InterfaceDecl)
 attribute_syntax [COM(guid: String)] : ComInterfaceAttribute;
 
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-ast-modifier.h b/source/slang/slang-ast-modifier.h
index 21661939c1..c79f84cc27 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-ast-modifier.h
+++ b/source/slang/slang-ast-modifier.h
@@ -1249,6 +1249,11 @@ class PyExportAttribute : public Attribute
     String name;
 };
 
+class HeaderExportAttribute : public Attribute
+{
+    SLANG_AST_CLASS(HeaderExportAttribute)
+};
+
 class PreferRecomputeAttribute : public Attribute
 {
     SLANG_AST_CLASS(PreferRecomputeAttribute)
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.cpp b/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.cpp
index ceb4e6de0d..5d33d990f1 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.cpp
@@ -1105,7 +1105,23 @@ String CLikeSourceEmitter::getName(IRInst* inst)
     String name;
     if(!m_mapInstToName.tryGetValue(inst, name))
     {
-        name = generateName(inst);
+        // unmangle names, when emitting header
+        if (isEmmitingHeader()) {
+            if (auto nameHintDecor = inst->findDecoration<IRNameHintDecoration>()) 
+            {
+                StringBuilder sb;
+                for (auto c : nameHintDecor->getName()) {
+                    if (c == '.')
+                        sb.append('_');
+                    else {
+                        sb.append(c);
+                    }
+                }
+                name = sb.produceString();
+            }
+        } else {
+            name = generateName(inst);
+        }
         m_mapInstToName.add(inst, name);
     }
     return name;
@@ -3320,7 +3336,7 @@ void CLikeSourceEmitter::emitSimpleFuncImpl(IRFunc* func)
     emitSemantics(func);
 
     // TODO: encode declaration vs. definition
-    if(isDefinition(func))
+    if(!isEmmitingHeader() && isDefinition(func))
     {
         m_writer->emit("\n{\n");
         m_writer->indent();
@@ -3450,6 +3466,11 @@ bool CLikeSourceEmitter::isTargetIntrinsic(IRInst* inst)
     return findTargetIntrinsicDefinition(inst, intrinsicDef);
 }
 
+bool CLikeSourceEmitter::isEmmitingHeader() {
+    return getTargetProgram()->getOptionSet().getBoolOption(CompilerOptionName::EmitHeader);
+}
+
+
 bool shouldWrappInExternCBlock(IRFunc* func)
 {
     for (auto decor : func->getDecorations())
@@ -3466,6 +3487,11 @@ bool shouldWrappInExternCBlock(IRFunc* func)
 
 void CLikeSourceEmitter::emitFunc(IRFunc* func)
 {
+    // When emmiting header, skip if should not be emmited.
+    if (isEmmitingHeader() && !func->findDecoration<IRHeaderExportDecoration>()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Target-intrinsic functions should never be emitted
     // even if they happen to have a body.
     //
@@ -3513,6 +3539,13 @@ void CLikeSourceEmitter::emitFuncDecorationsImpl(IRFunc* func)
 
 void CLikeSourceEmitter::emitStruct(IRStructType* structType)
 {
+    // TODO: add similar functionality like markTypeForPyExport for [HeaderExport]
+
+    // When emmiting header, skip if should not be emmited.
+    if (isEmmitingHeader() && !structType->findDecoration<IRHeaderExportDecoration>()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     ensureTypePrelude(structType);
 
     // If the selected `struct` type is actually an intrinsic
@@ -3907,11 +3940,17 @@ void CLikeSourceEmitter::emitGlobalVar(IRGlobalVar* varDecl)
 
             m_writer->emit("\n");
             emitType(varType, initFuncName);
-            m_writer->emit("()\n{\n");
-            m_writer->indent();
-            emitFunctionBody(varDecl);
-            m_writer->dedent();
-            m_writer->emit("}\n");
+            
+            // When emmiting header, emit only declaration.
+            if (isEmmitingHeader()) {
+                m_writer->emit(";\n");
+            } else {
+                m_writer->emit("()\n{\n");
+                m_writer->indent();
+                emitFunctionBody(varDecl);
+                m_writer->dedent();
+                m_writer->emit("}\n");
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.h b/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.h
index ee7ce413a8..c369de27f0 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.h
+++ b/source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.h
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ class CLikeSourceEmitter: public SourceEmitterBase
 
     void emitParamType(IRType* type, String const& name) { emitParamTypeImpl(type, name); }
 
+    bool isEmmitingHeader();
+
     void emitFuncDecl(IRFunc* func);
     void emitFuncDecl(IRFunc* func, const String& name);
 
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-emit-cpp.cpp b/source/slang/slang-emit-cpp.cpp
index 2b1f6ad819..532a7b05b4 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-emit-cpp.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-emit-cpp.cpp
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ void CPPSourceEmitter::emitSimpleFuncImpl(IRFunc* func)
     emitSemantics(func);
 
     // TODO: encode declaration vs. definition
-    if (isDefinition(func))
+    if (!isEmmitingHeader() && isDefinition(func))
     {
         m_writer->emit("\n{\n");
         m_writer->indent();
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-ir-dll-export.cpp b/source/slang/slang-ir-dll-export.cpp
index af5f70eb3c..35b02d34ca 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-ir-dll-export.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-ir-dll-export.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct DllExportContext
         dllExportDecoration->insertAtStart(wrapper);
         builder.addNameHintDecoration(wrapper, dllExportDecoration->getFunctionName());
         builder.addExternCppDecoration(wrapper, dllExportDecoration->getFunctionName());
+        builder.addHeaderExportDecoration(wrapper);
         builder.addPublicDecoration(wrapper);
         builder.addKeepAliveDecoration(wrapper);
         builder.addHLSLExportDecoration(wrapper);
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-ir-inst-defs.h b/source/slang/slang-ir-inst-defs.h
index 5acb22674e..e8e37294dd 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-ir-inst-defs.h
+++ b/source/slang/slang-ir-inst-defs.h
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ INST(HighLevelDeclDecoration,               highLevelDecl,          1, 0)
     INST(CudaKernelBackwardDerivativeDecoration,         CudaKernelBwdDiffRef,         0, 0)
     INST(AutoPyBindExportInfoDecoration,    PyBindExportFuncInfo,   0, 0)
     INST(PyExportDecoration,    PyExportDecoration,   0, 0)
+    INST(HeaderExportDecoration, HeaderExportDecoration, 0, 0)
     
         /// Used to mark parameters that are moved from entry point parameters to global params as coming from the entry point.
     INST(EntryPointParamDecoration,         entryPointParam,        0, 0)
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-ir-insts.h b/source/slang/slang-ir-insts.h
index 60730f135c..aa5e33c1a6 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-ir-insts.h
+++ b/source/slang/slang-ir-insts.h
@@ -675,6 +675,14 @@ struct IRPyExportDecoration : IRDecoration
     UnownedStringSlice getExportName() { return getExportNameOperand()->getStringSlice(); }
 };
 
+struct IRHeaderExportDecoration : IRDecoration
+{
+    enum
+    {
+        kOp = kIROp_HeaderExportDecoration
+    };
+    IR_LEAF_ISA(HeaderExportDecoration)
+};
 
 struct IRKnownBuiltinDecoration : IRDecoration
 {
@@ -4647,6 +4655,11 @@ struct IRBuilder
         addDecoration(value, kIROp_PyExportDecoration, getStringValue(exportName));
     }
 
+    void addHeaderExportDecoration(IRInst* value)
+    {
+        addDecoration(value, kIROp_HeaderExportDecoration);
+    }
+
     void addCudaDeviceExportDecoration(IRInst* value, UnownedStringSlice const& functionName)
     {
         addDecoration(value, kIROp_CudaDeviceExportDecoration, getStringValue(functionName));
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-lower-to-ir.cpp b/source/slang/slang-lower-to-ir.cpp
index 3f776c1a1b..cda952582a 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-lower-to-ir.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-lower-to-ir.cpp
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ static void addLinkageDecoration(
         else if (as<CudaKernelAttribute>(modifier))
         {
             builder->addCudaKernelDecoration(inst);
+            builder->addHeaderExportDecoration(inst);
             builder->addExternCppDecoration(inst, decl->getName()->text.getUnownedSlice());
             builder->addHLSLExportDecoration(inst);
             builder->addKeepAliveDecoration(inst);
@@ -1408,6 +1409,11 @@ static void addLinkageDecoration(
                 : decl->getName()->text.getUnownedSlice());
             builder->addHLSLExportDecoration(inst);
         }
+        else if (as<HeaderExportAttribute>(modifier))
+        {
+            builder->addKeepAliveDecoration(inst);
+            builder->addHeaderExportDecoration(inst);
+        }
         else if (auto knownBuiltinModifier = as<KnownBuiltinAttribute>(modifier))
         {
             // We add this to the internal instruction, like other name-like
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-options.cpp b/source/slang/slang-options.cpp
index d9441e6da4..1d24c83509 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-options.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-options.cpp
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ void initCommandOptions(CommandOptions& options)
                                                                   "except for parameters that has explicit bindings in the input source." },
         { OptionKind::ValidateUniformity, "-validate-uniformity", nullptr, "Perform uniformity validation analysis." },
         { OptionKind::AllowGLSL, "-allow-glsl", nullptr, "Enable GLSL as an input language." },
+        { OptionKind::EmitHeader, "-emit-header", nullptr, "Emits a header instead of the code (for cpp or cuda target)." },
     };
     _addOptions(makeConstArrayView(experimentalOpts), options);
 
@@ -1664,6 +1665,7 @@ SlangResult OptionsParser::_parse(
             case OptionKind::NoMangle:
             case OptionKind::ValidateUniformity:
             case OptionKind::AllowGLSL:
+            case OptionKind::EmitHeader:
             case OptionKind::EmitIr:
             case OptionKind::DumpIntermediates:
             case OptionKind::DumpReproOnError: