diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b6cd7f46..fa1a5853 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,17 +105,7 @@ link_directories(${EASYLOGGING_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 include(VersionGui)
 monero_gui_add_library(gui_version SOURCES version.js DEPENDS genversiongui)
 
-find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Quick REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Gui REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Qml REQUIRED)
 message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")
-find_package(Qt5Multimedia REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Xml REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5XmlPatterns REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Svg REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -179,6 +169,21 @@ if(MINGW)
     string(REGEX MATCH "^[^/]:/[^/]*" msys2_install_path "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}")
     message(STATUS "MSYS location: ${msys2_install_path}")
     set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH "${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/include")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/Qt/labs/settings")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtGraphicalEffects")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtGraphicalEffects/private")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtMultimedia")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick.2")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Controls")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Dialogs")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Dialogs/Private")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Layouts")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/PrivateWidgets")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Templates.2")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/Window.2")
+    link_directories("${msys2_install_path}/mingw${ARCH_WIDTH}/qml/QtQuick/XmlListModel")
     # This is necessary because otherwise CMake will make Boost libraries -lfoo
     # rather than a full path. Unfortunately, this makes the shared libraries get
     # linked due to a bug in CMake which misses putting -static flags around the
@@ -188,6 +193,81 @@ if(MINGW)
     list(REMOVE_ITEM CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES ${DEFLIB})
 endif()
 
+set(QT5_LIBRARIES
+  Qt5Core
+  Qt5Quick
+  Qt5QuickControls2
+  Qt5Widgets
+  Qt5Gui
+  Qt5Network
+  Qt5Qml
+  Qt5Multimedia
+  Qt5Xml
+  Qt5XmlPatterns
+  Qt5Svg
+)
+
+foreach(QT5_MODULE ${QT5_LIBRARIES})
+  find_package(${QT5_MODULE} REQUIRED)
+endforeach()
+
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+if(PKGCONFIG_FOUND)
+  pkg_check_modules(QT5_PKG_CONFIG ${QT5_LIBRARIES})
+
+  if(QT5_PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+    set(QT5_PKG_CONFIG "QT5_PKG_CONFIG")
+    if(STATIC)
+      set(QT5_PKG_CONFIG "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_STATIC")
+    endif()
+
+    set(QT5_LIBRARIES ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES} ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER})
+    include_directories(${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    link_directories(${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES
+  ${Qt5Gui_PLUGINS}
+  ${Qt5Svg_PLUGINS}
+  ${Qt5Qml_PLUGINS}
+  ${Qt5Network_PLUGINS}
+)
+
+if(STATIC)
+  set(QT5_LIBRARIES
+    qtquickcontrols2plugin # has to be the first one, depends on Qt5QuickControls2
+    ${QT5_LIBRARIES}
+    declarative_multimedia
+    dialogplugin
+    dialogsprivateplugin
+    qmlfolderlistmodelplugin
+    qmlsettingsplugin
+    qmlxmllistmodelplugin
+    qquicklayoutsplugin
+    Qt5EventDispatcherSupport
+    Qt5FontDatabaseSupport
+    Qt5MultimediaQuick_p
+    Qt5PacketProtocol
+    Qt5ThemeSupport
+    qtgraphicaleffectsplugin
+    qtgraphicaleffectsprivate
+    qtquick2plugin
+    qtquickcontrolsplugin
+    qtquicktemplates2plugin
+    widgetsplugin
+    windowplugin
+  )
+
+  if(MINGW)
+    list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES freetype)
+
+    if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+      list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES D3D11 Dwrite D2d1)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 message(STATUS "Using Boost include dir at ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 message(STATUS "Using Boost libraries at ${Boost_LIBRARIES}")
 
@@ -244,7 +324,7 @@ if (HIDAPI_FOUND OR LibUSB_COMPILE_TEST_PASSED)
     endif()
   endif()
   if (WIN32)
-    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBRARIES setupapi)
+    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBRARIES setupapi Version)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf248913..e5f3ab05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ scanner:
 	mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -D ARCH="x86-64" -D DEV_MODE=ON -D WITH_SCANNER=ON -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && $(MAKE)
 
 debug-static-win64:
-	mkdir -p $(builddir)/debug && cd $(builddir)/debug && cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" -D DEV_MODE=ON -D ARCH="x86-64" -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D BUILD_TAG="win-x64" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(topdir)/cmake/64-bit-toolchain.cmake -D MSYS2_FOLDER=c:/msys64 -D MINGW=ON $(topdir) && $(MAKE)
+	mkdir -p $(builddir)/debug && cd $(builddir)/debug && cmake -D STATIC=ON -G "MSYS Makefiles" -D DEV_MODE=ON -D ARCH="x86-64" -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D BUILD_TAG="win-x64" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(topdir)/cmake/64-bit-toolchain.cmake -D MSYS2_FOLDER=c:/msys64 -D MINGW=ON $(topdir) && $(MAKE)
 
 debug-static-mac64:
 	mkdir -p $(builddir)/debug
 	cd $(builddir)/debug && cmake -D STATIC=ON -D DEV_MODE=ON -D ARCH="x86-64" -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -D BUILD_TAG="mac-x64" $(topdir) && $(MAKE)
 
+release-static-win64:
+	mkdir -p $(builddir)/release && cd $(builddir)/release && cmake -D STATIC=ON -G "MSYS Makefiles" -D ARCH="x86-64" -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D BUILD_TAG="win-x64" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(topdir)/cmake/64-bit-toolchain.cmake -D MSYS2_FOLDER=c:/msys64 -D MINGW=ON $(topdir) && $(MAKE)
+
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index abad3c9b..722498d9 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,16 +133,9 @@ target_link_libraries(monero-gui
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     ${LibUSB_LIBRARIES}
     ${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES}
-    Qt5::Core
-    Qt5::Quick
-    Qt5::Widgets
-    Qt5::Gui
-    Qt5::Network
-    Qt5::Qml
-    Qt5::Multimedia
-    Qt5::Xml
-    Qt5::XmlPatterns
-    Qt5::Svg
+    ${QT5_LIBRARIES}
+    ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES}
+    ${ICU_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 if(WITH_SCANNER)
diff --git a/src/main/main.cpp b/src/main/main.cpp
index e630c15f..3a9eb014 100644
--- a/src/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/main.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,54 @@
 #include "QR-Code-scanner/QrCodeScanner.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <QtPlugin>
+#if defined(Q_OS_OSX)
+  Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QCocoaIntegrationPlugin);
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+  Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWindowsIntegrationPlugin);
+#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+  Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QXcbIntegrationPlugin);
+#endif
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QSvgIconPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QGifPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QICNSPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QICOPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QJp2Plugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QJpegPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QMngPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QSvgPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QTgaPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QTiffPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWbmpPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWebpPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlDebuggerServiceFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlInspectorServiceFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QLocalClientConnectionFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QDebugMessageServiceFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlNativeDebugConnectorFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlNativeDebugServiceFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlProfilerServiceFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQuickProfilerAdapterFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QQmlDebugServerFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QTcpServerConnectionFactory)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QGenericEnginePlugin)
+
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuick2Plugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuickLayoutsPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtGraphicalEffectsPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtGraphicalEffectsPrivatePlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuick2WindowPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuickControls1Plugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuick2DialogsPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QmlFolderListModelPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QmlSettingsPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuick2DialogsPrivatePlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuick2PrivateWidgetsPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuickControls2Plugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QtQuickTemplates2Plugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QmlXmlListModelPlugin)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QMultimediaDeclarativeModule)
+
 bool isIOS = false;
 bool isAndroid = false;
 bool isWindows = false;