diff --git a/install/windows/windows_build.ps1 b/install/windows/windows_build.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea6eec7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/windows/windows_build.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This is a powershell script compiling meshlab in a Windows environment.
+# Requires: 
+# - MSVC installed;
+# - Qt installed, and qmake and jom binaries directly accessible
+#
+# # Without given arguments, MeshLab will be built in the meshlab/src
+# directory, and binaries will be placed in meshlab/distrib.
+# 
+# You can give as argument the BUILD_PATH, and meshlab binaries will be
+# then placed inside BUILD_PATH/distrib.
+
+#saving location where script has been run
+
+write-host "N of arguments: $($args.count)"
+
+$DIR = Get-Location
+$SOURCE_PATH = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ..\..\..\src
+
+if ($args.Count -gt 0){
+    $BUILD_PATH = Resolve-Path -Path $args[0]
+} else {
+    $BUILD_PATH = $SOURCE_PATH #default build
+} 
+
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $BUILD_PATH
+cd $BUILD_PATH
+
+write-host "Build path is: $($BUILD_PATH)"
+
+qmake $SOURCE_PATH\meshlab.pro
+jom -j4 #Qt nmake for parallel build
+
+#going back to original location
+cd $DIR
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d22dc86fd..78a006ce1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,15 +67,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 		OFF)
 
 	get_target_property(Qt5_qmake_EXECUTABLE Qt5::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
-	get_filename_component(Qt5_BIN_DIR "${Qt5_qmake_EXECUTABLE}" DIRECTORY)
-	find_program(
-	Qt5_windeployqt_EXECUTABLE
-	NAMES windeployqt
-	HINTS ${Qt5_BIN_DIR})
-	if(Qt5_windeployqt_EXECUTABLE)
-	option(BUILD_WITH_WINDEPLOYQT_POST_BUILD
-			"Should we run windeployqt after the build to copy the qt parts to the build tree?" ON)
-	endif()
+        get_filename_component(Qt5_BIN_DIR "${Qt5_qmake_EXECUTABLE}" DIRECTORY)
 else()
 	set(INSTALL_TO_UNIX_LAYOUT ON)
 endif()
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ endif()
 if(WIN32)
 	add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
 	if(MSVC)
-	add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
+        add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -309,7 +301,3 @@ if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 	install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../install/linux/resources/meshlab.desktop" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications)
 	install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../install/meshlab.png" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pixmaps)
 endif()
-
-if(Qt5_windeployqt_EXECUTABLE AND BUILD_WITH_WINDEPLOYQT_POST_BUILD)
-	install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND \"${Qt5_windeployqt_EXECUTABLE}\" --no-translations meshlab.exe WORKING_DIRECTORY \${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})")
-endif()