diff --git a/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenGradlePlugin.java b/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenGradlePlugin.java
index cd65ec634..3b92307e5 100644
--- a/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenGradlePlugin.java
+++ b/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenGradlePlugin.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
 import org.gradle.api.file.Directory;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
 import org.gradle.api.file.SourceDirectorySet;
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class CDGenGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   
+  /**
+   * Configuration containing the classpath of the generator tool.
+   */
   public static final String CONFIG_TOOL = "cdTool";
   
   private final ObjectFactory objectFactory;
@@ -30,6 +34,12 @@ public CDGenGradlePlugin(ObjectFactory objectFactory) {
     this.objectFactory = objectFactory;
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Configuration containing the classpath of the target.
+   * it will be added to the api configuration & passed as a symbol path for class2mc
+   */
+  public static final String CONFIG_TARGET_RUNTIME = "cdToolTargetRuntime";
+  
   @Override
   public void apply(Project project) {
     project.getPluginManager().apply(JavaLibraryPlugin.class);
@@ -37,24 +47,30 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
     // Setup cdTool dependency
     var properties = loadProperties();
     String version = properties.getProperty("version");
-    var toolConfig = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(CONFIG_TOOL);
+    
+    Configuration toolConfig = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(CONFIG_TOOL);
     toolConfig.setCanBeResolved(true);
+    Configuration toolRuntimeConfig = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(
+        CONFIG_TARGET_RUNTIME);
+    toolRuntimeConfig.setCanBeResolved(true);
     
     toolConfig.defaultDependencies(dependencies -> {
       dependencies.add(project.getDependencies().create("de.monticore.lang:cd4analysis:"
           + version));
     });
     
+    toolRuntimeConfig.defaultDependencies(dependencies -> {
+      dependencies.add(project.getDependencies().create("de.monticore.lang:cd-runtime:" + version
+          + ":cd-runtime"));
+    });
+    
     project.getTasks().withType(CDGenTask.class).configureEach(t -> t.getExtraClasspathElements()
         .from(toolConfig));
     
-    project.getConfigurations().named("api").configure(api -> {
-      api.withDependencies(dependencies -> {
-        dependencies.add(project.getDependencies().create("de.monticore.lang:cd-runtime:" + version
-            + ":cd-runtime"));
-      });
-      
-    });
+    project.getTasks().withType(CDGenTask.class).configureEach(t -> t.getTargetSymbolPath().from(
+        toolRuntimeConfig));
+    
+    project.getConfigurations().named("api").configure(api -> api.extendsFrom(toolRuntimeConfig));
     
     // Set up source-Sets
     project.getExtensions().getByType(JavaPluginExtension.class).getSourceSets().all(sourceSet -> {
diff --git a/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenTask.java b/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenTask.java
index 66e8a3966..f0ecd7493 100644
--- a/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenTask.java
+++ b/cdtool/cdgradle/src/main/java/de/monticore/cdgen/gradleplugin/CDGenTask.java
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
 import de.monticore.gradle.common.AToolAction;
 import de.monticore.gradle.common.MCAllFilesTask;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileCollection;
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.*;
 
 /**
  * Gradle Task of the {@link de.monticore.cdgen.CDGenTool} It is an all-files task, as -i A.cd -i
@@ -61,6 +62,16 @@ public CDGenTask() {
   @OutputDirectory
   abstract DirectoryProperty getDecoratedSymbolOutput();
   
+  /**
+   * the symbol path of the target artifact (e.g., containing the cd-runtime)
+   *
+   * @return -path values
+   */
+  @Optional
+  @InputFiles
+  @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
+  abstract ConfigurableFileCollection getTargetSymbolPath();
+  
   @Override
   protected List<String> createArgList(Function<Path, String> handlePath) {
     var list = super.createArgList(handlePath);
@@ -71,6 +82,12 @@ protected List<String> createArgList(Function<Path, String> handlePath) {
     if (getClass2MC().isPresent() && getClass2MC().get()) {
       list.add("--class2mc");
     }
+    if (!getTargetSymbolPath().isEmpty()) { // model paths
+      List<Path> modelPath = new ArrayList<>();
+      getTargetSymbolPath().forEach(it -> modelPath.add(it.toPath()));
+      list.add("-path");
+      modelPath.forEach(p -> list.add(handlePath.apply(p)));
+    }
     if (getCoCos().getOrElse(true)) {
       list.add("--checkcococs");
     }