--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2017-10-27 09:26:34.049479661 +0200
+++ CMakeLists.txt	2017-10-27 09:33:54.593519368 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 find_library(SYSTEM_IDN_FOUND idn)
 find_library(SYSTEM_MINIZIP_FOUND minizip)
 find_library(SYSTEM_QTLOCKEDFILE_FOUND Qt5Solutions_LockedFile-2.4)
+find_library(SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND qxtglobalshortcut)
 
 if (FORCE_BUNDLED_MINIZIP)
 	set(SYSTEM_MINIZIP_FOUND NO)
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_SYSTEM_QTLOCKEDFILE)
 endif (SYSTEM_QTLOCKEDFILE_FOUND)
 
+if (SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+	add_definitions(-DUSE_SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT)
+endif (SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+
 if ("${LANGS}" STREQUAL "")
 	process_lang_options()
 else ("${LANGS}" STREQUAL "")

--- src/utils/shortcuts.cpp.orig	2017-10-27 10:12:59.889730754 +0200
+++ src/utils/shortcuts.cpp	2017-10-27 10:14:49.231740609 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDesktopWidget>
-#include <thirdparty/qxtglobalshortcut/qxtglobalshortcut.h>
+
+#ifdef USE_SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT
+#       include <qxtglobalshortcut/qxtglobalshortcut.h>
+#else
+#       include <thirdparty/qxtglobalshortcut/qxtglobalshortcut.h>
+#endif
 
 QKeySequence correctKeySequence(const QKeySequence &AKey)
 {

--- src/utils/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2017-10-27 11:28:03.126136638 +0200
+++ src/utils/CMakeLists.txt	2017-10-27 11:30:48.574151551 +0200
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 project(${VACUUM_UTILS_NAME})
 
 add_definitions("-DUTILS_DLL")
-add_definitions("-DQXT_STATIC")
 link_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libs")
 
-set(ADD_LIBS qxtglobalshortcut idle)
+set(ADD_LIBS idle)
 
 add_translations(TRANSLATIONS "${VACUUM_UTILS_NAME}" ${SOURCES})
 add_library(${VACUUM_UTILS_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCES} ${TRANSLATIONS})
@@ -52,6 +51,12 @@
 	list(APPEND ADD_LIBS minizip)
 endif (SYSTEM_MINIZIP_FOUND)
 
+if (SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+	list(APPEND ADD_LIBS "${SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND}")
+else (SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+	list(APPEND ADD_LIBS qxtglobalshortcut)
+endif (SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+
 if (APPLE)
 	list(APPEND ADD_LIBS "-framework Carbon -framework IOKit -framework Cocoa")
 endif (APPLE)

--- src/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2017-10-27 13:03:13.351071909 +0200
+++ src/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt	2017-10-27 13:04:31.895078988 +0200
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
 	add_subdirectory(qtlockedfile)
 endif (NOT SYSTEM_QTLOCKEDFILE_FOUND)
 
+if (NOT SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+	add_subdirectory(qxtglobalshortcut)
+endif (NOT SYSTEM_QXTGLOBALSHORTCUT_FOUND)
+
 add_subdirectory(idle)
-add_subdirectory(qxtglobalshortcut)