diff --git a/runtime/common/ThunkInterface.h b/runtime/common/ThunkInterface.h
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+/****************************************************************-*- C++ -*-****
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 - 2024 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates.                  *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                        *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This source code and the accompanying materials are made available under    *
+ * the terms of the Apache License 2.0 which accompanies this distribution.    *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace cudaq {
+
+/// A kernel may return results dynamically if the size of the result is not a
+/// constant at compile-time.
+struct KernelThunkResultType {
+  void *data_buffer;  ///< Pointer to the first element of an array.
+  std::uint64_t size; ///< The size of the buffer in bytes.
+};
+
+/// The universal signature of a kernel thunk.
+using KernelThunkType = KernelThunkResultType (*)(void *, bool);
+
+/// The degenerate form of a kernel call. In some launch cases, it may be
+/// predetermined that the kernel can be called without a thunk.
+using KernelDegenerateType = void (*)(void *);
+
+/// In some cases, the launcher will bypass the thunk function and call a
+/// degenerate stub. That means that the extra `bool` argument will be ignored
+/// by the called kernel and the kernel will not return a dynamic result.
+///
+/// This is a terrible idea, generally speaking. However, if the launcher
+/// neither looks for nor attempts to use the second `bool` argument at all, and
+/// the launcher will drop any results returned from the kernel (regardless of
+/// type) on the floor anyway, then one may be able to get away with using a
+/// degenerate kernel type.
+inline KernelDegenerateType
+make_degenerate_kernel_type(KernelThunkType func_type) {
+  return reinterpret_cast<KernelDegenerateType>(
+      reinterpret_cast<void *>(func_type));
+}
+
+} // namespace cudaq
diff --git a/targettests/execution/vector_result.cpp b/targettests/execution/vector_result.cpp
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 - 2024 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates.                  *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                        *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This source code and the accompanying materials are made available under    *
+ * the terms of the Apache License 2.0 which accompanies this distribution.    *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+// RUN: nvq++ %cpp_std --enable-mlir %s -o %t && %t
+
+#include "cudaq.h"
+#include <cstdio>
+
+struct VectorBoolResult {
+  std::vector<bool> operator()() __qpu__ {
+    std::vector<bool> result(3);
+    result[0] = true;
+    result[1] = false;
+    result[2] = true;
+    return result;
+  }
+};
+
+struct VectorIntResult {
+  std::vector<int> operator()() __qpu__ {
+    std::vector<int> result(2);
+    result[0] = 42;
+    result[1] = -23479;
+    return result;
+  }
+};
+
+struct VectorDoubleResult {
+  std::vector<double> operator()() __qpu__ {
+    std::vector<double> result(2);
+    result[0] = 543.0;
+    result[1] = -234234.0;
+    return result;
+  }
+};
+
+int main() {
+  auto retb{VectorBoolResult{}()};
+  printf("%d %d %d\n", static_cast<int>(retb[0]), static_cast<int>(retb[1]),
+         static_cast<int>(retb[2]));
+  auto ret = VectorIntResult{}();
+  printf("%d %d\n", ret[0], ret[1]);
+  std::vector<double> retd{VectorDoubleResult{}()};
+  printf("%f %f\n", retd[0], retd[1]);
+  return !(retb[0] && !retb[1] && retb[2] && ret[0] == 42 && ret[1] == -23479 &&
+           retd[0] == 543.0 && retd[1] == -234234.0);
+}