diff --git a/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml b/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
index 89a746f..0e140c2 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 walkdir = { version = "2.3" }
+prost = { version = "0.12" }
 prost-build = { version = "0.12" }
 tempfile = { version = "3.2.0" }
 regex = { "version" = "1.7.1" }
diff --git a/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs b/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
index 33b6a56..57fe95a 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
+++ b/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::{
     env,
-    fs::{copy, create_dir_all, read_to_string, remove_dir_all, File},
+    fs::{copy, create_dir_all, read, read_to_string, remove_dir_all, File},
     io::Write,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+use prost::Message;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use crate::constants::DEFAULT_TENDERDASH_COMMITISH;
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ pub fn generate_tenderdash_lib(
     tenderdash_lib_target: &Path,
     abci_ver: &str,
     td_ver: &str,
+    module_name: &str,
 ) {
     let mut file_names = WalkDir::new(prost_dir)
         .into_iter()
@@ -276,11 +278,7 @@ pub fn generate_tenderdash_lib(
 
         let mut tab_count = parts.len();
 
-        let mut inner_content = format!(
-            "{}include!(\"prost/{}\");",
-            tab.repeat(tab_count),
-            file_name
-        );
+        let mut inner_content = format!("{}include!(\"./{}\");", tab.repeat(tab_count), file_name);
 
         for part in parts {
             tab_count -= 1;
@@ -304,6 +302,8 @@ pub mod meta {{
     pub const ABCI_VERSION: &str = \"{}\";
     /// Version of Tenderdash server used to generate protobuf configs
     pub const TENDERDASH_VERSION: &str = \"{}\";
+    /// Name of module where generated files are stored; used to distinguish between std and no-std version
+    pub const TENDERDASH_MODULE_NAME: &str = \"{}\";
 }}
 ",
         content,
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ pub mod meta {{
         tenderdash_commitish(),
         abci_ver,
         td_ver,
+        module_name,
     );
 
     let mut file =
@@ -328,10 +329,15 @@ pub(crate) fn tenderdash_commitish() -> String {
 
 /// Save the commitish of last successful download to a file in a state file,
 /// located in the `dir` directory and named `download.state`.
-pub(crate) fn save_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str) {
+pub(crate) fn save_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str, module: &str) {
     let state_file = PathBuf::from(&dir).join("download.state");
 
-    std::fs::write(&state_file, commitish)
+    let state = StateInfo {
+        commitish: commitish.to_string(),
+        module_name: module.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    std::fs::write(&state_file, state.encode_to_vec())
         .map_err(|e| {
             println!(
                 "[warn] => Failed to write download.state file {}: {}",
@@ -342,16 +348,48 @@ pub(crate) fn save_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str) {
         .ok();
 }
 
+#[derive(prost::Message)]
+struct StateInfo {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    commitish: String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "2")]
+    module_name: String,
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for StateInfo {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.commitish == other.commitish && self.module_name == other.module_name
+    }
+}
+
 /// Check if the state file contains the same commitish as the one we are trying
 /// to download. State file should be located in the `dir` and named
 /// `download.state`
-pub(crate) fn check_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn check_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str, module_name: &str) -> bool {
     let state_file = PathBuf::from(&dir).join("download.state");
 
-    match read_to_string(state_file) {
-        Ok(content) => {
-            println!("[info] => Detected Tenderdash version: {}.", content.trim());
-            content.eq(commitish)
+    let expected = StateInfo {
+        commitish: commitish.to_string(),
+        module_name: module_name.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    match read(&state_file) {
+        Ok(content) => match StateInfo::decode(content.as_slice()) {
+            Ok(state) => {
+                println!(
+                    "[info] => Detected Tenderdash version: {}.",
+                    state.commitish
+                );
+                state.eq(&expected)
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!(
+                    "[warn] => Failed to decode download.state file {}: {}",
+                    state_file.display(),
+                    e
+                );
+                false
+            },
         },
         Err(_) => false,
     }
diff --git a/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs b/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
index 483ec25..a2ffce2 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ use crate::functions::{check_state, save_state};
 /// Checkouts tenderdash repository to ../target/tenderdash and generates
 /// Rust protobuf definitions in ../proto/src/prost/ and
 /// ../proto/src/tenderdash.rs
-pub fn proto_compile() {
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `module_name` - name of module to put generated files into
+pub fn proto_compile(module_name: &str) {
     let root = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
 
-    let tenderdash_lib_target = root
-        .join("..")
-        .join("proto")
-        .join("src")
-        .join("tenderdash.rs");
-
-    let prost_out_dir = root.join("..").join("proto").join("src").join("prost");
+    let prost_out_dir = root.join("..").join("proto").join("src").join(module_name);
+    let tenderdash_lib_target = prost_out_dir.join("mod.rs");
 
     let out_dir = var("OUT_DIR")
         .map(PathBuf::from)
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn proto_compile() {
 
     // check if this commitish is already downloaded
     let download = std::fs::metadata(tenderdash_dir.join("proto")).is_err()
-        || !check_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish);
+        || !check_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish, module_name);
 
     if download {
         println!("[info] => Fetching {TENDERDASH_REPO} at {commitish} into {tenderdash_dir:?}.");
@@ -121,8 +120,14 @@ pub fn proto_compile() {
     println!("[info] => Removing old structs and copying new structs.");
     copy_files(&out_dir, &prost_out_dir); // This panics if it fails.
 
-    generate_tenderdash_lib(&out_dir, &tenderdash_lib_target, &abci_ver, &tenderdash_ver);
+    generate_tenderdash_lib(
+        &out_dir,
+        &tenderdash_lib_target,
+        &abci_ver,
+        &tenderdash_ver,
+        module_name,
+    );
 
-    save_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish);
+    save_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish, module_name);
     println!("[info] => Done!");
 }
diff --git a/proto/build.rs b/proto/build.rs
index 2087ba7..4a598d3 100644
--- a/proto/build.rs
+++ b/proto/build.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ fn main() {
         env::set_var("TENDERDASH_COMMITISH", DEFAULT_VERSION);
     }
 
-    tenderdash_proto_compiler::proto_compile();
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    tenderdash_proto_compiler::proto_compile("tenderdash_std");
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+    tenderdash_proto_compiler::proto_compile("tenderdash_nostd");
 
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../proto-compiler/src");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=Cargo.toml");
diff --git a/proto/src/.gitignore b/proto/src/.gitignore
index 3cc990e..2a145fb 100644
--- a/proto/src/.gitignore
+++ b/proto/src/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+tenderdash_nostd/
+tenderdash_std/
+
+# prost/ and tenderdash.rs are deprecated and can be removed in the future
 prost/
 tenderdash.rs
diff --git a/proto/src/lib.rs b/proto/src/lib.rs
index ca3ad64..fee02dc 100644
--- a/proto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proto/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ pub mod google {
 }
 
 mod error;
-#[allow(warnings)]
-mod tenderdash;
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 use core::{
@@ -34,12 +32,22 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 use bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
 pub use error::Error;
 use prost::{encoding::encoded_len_varint, Message};
-pub use tenderdash::*;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+pub mod tenderdash_nostd;
+#[allow(warnings)]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+pub use tenderdash_nostd::*;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[allow(warnings)]
+pub mod tenderdash_std;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+pub use tenderdash_std::*;
 
 pub mod serializers;
 
+pub use meta::ABCI_VERSION;
 use prelude::*;
-pub use tenderdash::meta::ABCI_VERSION;
 #[cfg(feature = "grpc")]
 pub use tonic;