diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 1584de5d..c5f65e4f 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ if ( BUILD_APPS )
       if ( WIN32 )
 	    FILE(GLOB files_install_app_dlls "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Build/*.dll" )
 	    INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_app_dlls} DESTINATION . )
+
+            # platform plugins for qt shoulb be installed along with the apps to run on the target systems
+            if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Build/plugins/platform )
+              FILE(GLOB files_install_app_platform_dlls "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Build/plugins/platform/*.dll" )
+              INSTALL(FILES ${files_install_app_platform_dlls} DESTINATION . )
+
+              # Create a qt.conf file to find plugins on windows
+              configure_file( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt/qt.conf.in Build/qt.conf COPYONLY  )
+            endif()
+
       endif()
 
     else () # QT ,Opengl or glut not found
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Qt/qt.conf.in b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Qt/qt.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c7b7353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/Qt/qt.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Paths]
+Plugins = plugins