diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce250e171..f31147ff5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+Makefile
+
 # old skool
 .svn
 
 # osx noise
 .DS_Store
-profile
\ No newline at end of file
+profile
diff --git a/build.pro b/build.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbf54630f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+TEMPLATE = subdirs
+SUBDIRS = qwt src
diff --git a/src/gcconfig.pri.in b/src/gcconfig.pri.in
index b860bf77c..e3f527042 100644
--- a/src/gcconfig.pri.in
+++ b/src/gcconfig.pri.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # To build, copy this file to gcconfig.pri and then fill in the paths to your
-# local installs of Boost, QWT, and srmio in the copy.  If you don't want
+# local installs of Boost and srmio in the copy.  If you don't want
 # support for SRM downloads, just comment out the SRMIO_INSTALL line.
 
 BOOST_INSTALL = /usr/local/boost
-QWT_INSTALL = /usr/local/qwt
 SRMIO_INSTALL = /usr/local/srmio
 D2XX_INCLUDE = /usr/local/include/D2XX
 
@@ -11,14 +10,11 @@ D2XX_INCLUDE = /usr/local/include/D2XX
 CONFIG += debug
 #CONFIG += static
 
-# Edit these paths only if you have a Boost/QWT/srmio install that uses
+# Edit these paths only if you have a Boost/srmio install that uses
 # a non-standard directory layout.
 
 BOOST_INCLUDE = $${BOOST_INSTALL}/include
 
-QWT_INCLUDE = $${QWT_INSTALL}/include
-QWT_LIB = $${QWT_INSTALL}/lib/libqwt.a
-
 !isEmpty( SRMIO_INSTALL ) {
     SRMIO_INCLUDE = $${SRMIO_INSTALL}/include
     SRMIO_LIB = $${SRMIO_INSTALL}/lib/libsrmio.a
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index b03976480..e56037400 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = GoldenCheetah
 DEPENDPATH += .
 !isEmpty( BOOST_INCLUDE ) { INCLUDEPATH += $${BOOST_INCLUDE} }
-!isEmpty( QWT_INCLUDE ) { INCLUDEPATH += $${QWT_INCLUDE} }
+INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt/src
 QT += xml sql
-LIBS += $${QWT_LIB}
+LIBS += ../qwt/lib/libqwt.a
 LIBS += -lm
 
 !isEmpty( D2XX_INCLUDE ) {