diff --git a/loopy/__init__.py b/loopy/__init__.py
index 8cfc1058b7992d99b7a7658b93ee1d59dcf81372..5e8a3fb06b733183fb03c09eb6126a3eee98b916 100644
--- a/loopy/__init__.py
+++ b/loopy/__init__.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ from loopy.frontend.fortran import (c_preprocess, parse_transformed_fortran,
         parse_fortran)
 
 from loopy.target import TargetBase, ASTBuilderBase
-from loopy.target.c import CTarget, generate_header
+from loopy.target.c import CTarget, ExecutableCTarget, generate_header
 from loopy.target.cuda import CudaTarget
 from loopy.target.opencl import OpenCLTarget
 from loopy.target.pyopencl import PyOpenCLTarget
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ __all__ = [
         "LoopyError", "LoopyWarning",
 
         "TargetBase",
-        "CTarget", "generate_header",
+        "CTarget", "ExecutableCTarget", "generate_header",
         "CudaTarget", "OpenCLTarget",
         "PyOpenCLTarget", "ISPCTarget",
         "NumbaTarget", "NumbaCudaTarget",
diff --git a/loopy/target/__init__.py b/loopy/target/__init__.py
index aac528087cf812a91553d416f166be898a1cd132..a08b406f53798b4f7f6852a4f424182a75b224e4 100644
--- a/loopy/target/__init__.py
+++ b/loopy/target/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ __doc__ = """
 .. autoclass:: ASTBuilderBase
 
 .. autoclass:: CTarget
+.. autoclass:: ExecutableCTarget
 .. autoclass:: CudaTarget
 .. autoclass:: OpenCLTarget
 .. autoclass:: PyOpenCLTarget
diff --git a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
index 164d59b9e20a78668bb21debc60121e7c47542b5..1a69d8da2bcf09b4920cd1927f526253dd46818d 100644
--- a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
+++ b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ class CompiledCKernel(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, knl, idi, dev_code, target, comp=CCompiler()):
-        from loopy.target.c import CTarget
-        assert isinstance(target, CTarget)
+        from loopy.target.c import ExecutableCTarget
+        assert isinstance(target, ExecutableCTarget)
         self.target = target
         self.name = knl.name
         # get code and build