diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dcb9702..d7a0a79b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ ENDIF(APPLE)
 FIND_PACKAGE(OpenCV REQUIRED core highgui flann features2d calib3d imgproc nonfree gpu)
 FIND_PACKAGE(PCL 1.7 REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED)
+find_package(QVTK REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Freenect)
 FIND_PACKAGE(OpenNI2)
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindQVTK.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindQVTK.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18ae5767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindQVTK.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Find QVTK
+#
+# This sets the following variables:
+# QVTK_FOUND - True if QVTK was found.
+# QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory containing the QVTK include files.
+# QVTK_LIBRARY - QVTK library.
+# if QVTK_FOUND then QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR is appended to VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS and 
+# QVTK_LIBRARY is appended to QVTK_LIBRARY_DIR
+
+find_library (QVTK_LIBRARY QVTK HINTS ${VTK_DIR} ${VTK_DIR}/bin)
+find_path (QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR QVTKWidget.h HINT ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+find_package_handle_standard_args(QVTK DEFAULT_MSG
+  QVTK_LIBRARY QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if(NOT QVTK_FOUND)
+  set (VTK_USE_QVTK OFF)
+else(NOT QVTK_FOUND)
+  get_filename_component (QVTK_LIBRARY_DIR ${QVTK_LIBRARY} PATH)
+  set (VTK_LIBRARY_DIRS ${VTK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${QVTK_LIBRARY_DIR})
+  set (VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set (VTK_USE_QVTK ON)
+endif(NOT QVTK_FOUND)
diff --git a/guilib/src/CMakeLists.txt b/guilib/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b5a6c081..115a7b79 100644
--- a/guilib/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/guilib/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ SET(INCLUDE_DIRS
 	${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} # for qt ui generated in binary dir
 	${PCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
 
-INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})
-
 SET(LIBRARIES
     ${QT_LIBRARIES} 
 	${OpenCV_LIBS} 
 	${PCL_LIBRARIES}
+	${QVTK_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 #include files