diff --git a/codebase/libs/qtplot/src/CMakeLists.txt b/codebase/libs/qtplot/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ac4cb04dff..708a98bbe5 100644
--- a/codebase/libs/qtplot/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/codebase/libs/qtplot/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 project (libqtplot)
 
+find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
+
 # include directories
 
 include_directories (./include)
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ include_directories (../../shapelib/src/include)
 include_directories (../../tdrp/src/include)
 include_directories (../../titan/src/include)
 include_directories (../../toolsa/src/include)
+include_directories (${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories (${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
 if (DEFINED X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH)
   include_directories (${X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH})
@@ -78,6 +81,8 @@ else(APPLE)
   add_library (qtplot SHARED ${SRCS})
 endif(APPLE)
 
+target_link_libraries(Qt::Widgets)
+
 # install
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS qtplot