diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
index 9fe6549e7d82d4e4b079179cc4066fc832877417..95eece383956bcc27c23e692e1850f3feb30ab84 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@
 #ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LARGEDEFORMATION
 #include "ProcessLib/LargeDeformation/CreateLargeDeformationProcess.h"
 #endif
-#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE
-#include "ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/CreateHydroMechanicsProcess.h"
+#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_M
 #include "ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/CreateSmallDeformationProcess.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_HM
+#include "ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/CreateHydroMechanicsProcess.h"
+#endif
 #ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIQUIDFLOW
 #include "ProcessLib/LiquidFlow/CreateLiquidFlowProcess.h"
 #endif
@@ -897,7 +899,7 @@ void ProjectData::parseProcesses(
         }
         else
 #endif
-#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE
+#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_HM
             if (type == "HYDRO_MECHANICS_WITH_LIE")
         {
             if (  //! \ogs_file_param{prj__processes__process__HYDRO_MECHANICS_WITH_LIE__dimension}
@@ -1058,7 +1060,7 @@ void ProjectData::parseProcesses(
         }
         else
 #endif
-#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE
+#ifdef OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_M
             if (type == "SMALL_DEFORMATION_WITH_LIE")
         {
             if (  //! \ogs_file_param{prj__processes__process__SMALL_DEFORMATION_WITH_LIE__dimension}
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
index dd7f5165c1ad1ca7cc3378bfdab2419e0db19e85..5d0474842a0b53daf697ac5132a70f4a5a815bac 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE)
+if(OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_M OR OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_HM)
     ogs_add_executable(postLIE postLIE.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(postLIE GitInfoLib LIECommon MeshToolsLib tclap)
     install(TARGETS postLIE RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/Tests.cmake b/Applications/Utils/Tests.cmake
index 40f982958d2a8e1b55bbe769da0830b1fb6ddc6a..dba8d3eb0e74f201dea475eb0e15ac9c55f17f2c 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/Tests.cmake
+++ b/Applications/Utils/Tests.cmake
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ AddTest(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${Data_SOURCE_DIR}/LIE/PostProcessing
     EXECUTABLE postLIE
     EXECUTABLE_ARGS -i single_joint.pvd -o ${Data_BINARY_DIR}/LIE/PostProcessing/post_single_joint.pvd
-    REQUIREMENTS OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE
+    REQUIREMENTS OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_M OR OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_HM
     TESTER vtkdiff
     DIFF_DATA
     expected_post_single_joint_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu post_single_joint_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu u u 1e-14 1e-14
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ AddTest(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${Data_SOURCE_DIR}/LIE/PostProcessing
     EXECUTABLE postLIE
     EXECUTABLE_ARGS -i single_joint_3D.pvd -o ${Data_BINARY_DIR}/LIE/PostProcessing/post_single_joint_3D.pvd
-    REQUIREMENTS OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE
+    REQUIREMENTS OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_M OR OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE_HM
     TESTER vtkdiff
     DIFF_DATA
     post_single_joint_3D_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu post_single_joint_3D_ts_1_t_1.000000.vtu u u 1e-14 1e-14
diff --git a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ba3ad42c8a98236c86cb227b8ab496cbe1152c6..134c385e63527e50aae7ad5608365fd42a48fb43 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
 # Collect the process libraries in interface library
 add_library(Processes INTERFACE)
 
+# Check whether LIE processes are enabled
+function(check_enabled_processes_for_LIE contains_LIE)
+    set(${contains_hm_process} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
+    foreach(process ${_enabled_processes})
+        if(process STREQUAL "LIE_M"
+           OR process STREQUAL "LIE_HM"
+        )
+            set(${contains_LIE} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+            return()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+check_enabled_processes_for_LIE(contains_LIE)
+
+if (contains_LIE)
+    add_subdirectory(LIE/Common)
+endif()
+
 foreach(process ${_enabled_processes})
-    add_subdirectory(${process})
+    if (process STREQUAL "LIE_HM")
+        add_subdirectory(LIE/HydroMechanics)
+    elseif (process STREQUAL "LIE_M")
+        add_subdirectory(LIE/SmallDeformation)
+    else()
+        add_subdirectory(${process})
+    endif()
     target_link_libraries(Processes INTERFACE ${process})
     set_target_properties(${process} PROPERTIES JOB_POOL_COMPILE heavy_tasks)
 endforeach()
@@ -24,7 +48,7 @@ append_source_files(SOURCES Graph)
 function(check_enabled_processes contains_hm_process)
     set(${contains_hm_process} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
     foreach(process ${_enabled_processes})
-        if(process STREQUAL "LIE"
+        if(process STREQUAL "LIE_HM"
            OR process STREQUAL "HydroMechanics"
            OR process STREQUAL "ThermoHydroMechanics"
            OR process STREQUAL "RichardsMechanics"
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/LIE/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f4f73ee02164a9b771531f44e6b1ca9850cafb6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ProcessLib/LIE/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(Common)
-get_source_files(SOURCES HydroMechanics)
-append_source_files(SOURCES HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler)
-append_source_files(SOURCES SmallDeformation)
-append_source_files(SOURCES SmallDeformation/LocalAssembler)
-
-ogs_add_library(LIE ${SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(LIE PUBLIC ProcessLib LIECommon PRIVATE ParameterLib)
-
-target_precompile_headers(LIE PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]
-    [["BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"]] [["BaseLib/Logging.h"]]
-    [["ProcessLib/Process.h"]] [["MaterialLib/MPL/Medium.h"]]
-    [["MaterialLib/MPL/Property.h"]] <Eigen/Core>)
-
-if(OGS_BUILD_TESTING)
-    include(HydroMechanics/Tests.cmake)
-    include(SmallDeformation/Tests.cmake)
-endif()
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b5f08991ddabfe1f791c2264946bd0a9a043ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+get_source_files(SOURCES)
+append_source_files(SOURCES LocalAssembler)
+
+ogs_add_library(LIE_HM ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(LIE_HM PUBLIC ProcessLib LIECommon PRIVATE ParameterLib)
+
+target_precompile_headers(LIE_HM PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]
+    [["BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"]] [["BaseLib/Logging.h"]]
+    [["ProcessLib/Process.h"]] [["MaterialLib/MPL/Medium.h"]]
+    [["MaterialLib/MPL/Property.h"]] <Eigen/Core>)
+
+if(OGS_BUILD_TESTING)
+    include(Tests.cmake)
+endif()
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..239308c7898d694e315604483980b343167ac839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+get_source_files(SOURCES)
+append_source_files(SOURCES LocalAssembler)
+
+ogs_add_library(LIE_M ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(LIE_M PUBLIC ProcessLib LIECommon PRIVATE ParameterLib)
+
+target_precompile_headers(LIE_M PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]
+    [["BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"]] [["BaseLib/Logging.h"]]
+    [["ProcessLib/Process.h"]] [["MaterialLib/MPL/Medium.h"]]
+    [["MaterialLib/MPL/Property.h"]] <Eigen/Core>)
+
+if(OGS_BUILD_TESTING)
+    include(Tests.cmake)
+endif()
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/ProcessesSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/ProcessesSetup.cmake
index 9acebf1b6f362fb26ff9cce7ac561de97e77984b..e29191542f147680ff3da3df546410ce94e0c283 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/ProcessesSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/ProcessesSetup.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ set(_processes_list
     HeatTransportBHE
     HydroMechanics
     LiquidFlow
-    LIE
+    LIE_M
+    LIE_HM
     ThermoRichardsMechanics
     RichardsComponentTransport
     RichardsFlow