diff --git a/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro b/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
index c3fa74cdf..4740853c9 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
+++ b/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ SOURCES        = main.cpp \
                  changetexturename.cpp \
                  ../../../sf/wrap/ply/plylib.cpp\
                  ../../../sf/wrap/gui/trackball.cpp\
-                 ../../../sf/wrap/gui/trackmode.cpp
+                 ../../../sf/wrap/gui/trackmode.cpp \
+                 ../../../code/lib/glew/src/glew.c
 
 FORMS          =	ui/customDialog.ui\
 					ui/savesnapshotDialog.ui\						 
@@ -44,9 +45,16 @@ QT           += opengl
 # the awful min/max macros of windows and the limits max
 win32:DEFINES += NOMINMAX
 
+DEFINES += GLEW_STATIC
+
 INCLUDEPATH += . ../../../sf ../../../code/lib/glew/include
 CONFIG += stl
-win32:LIBS	+= ../../../code/lib/glew/lib/glew32.lib 
+#win32:LIBS	+= ../../../code/lib/glew/lib/glew32.lib 
+win32-g++{
+#LIBS	+= glew32
+#LIBPATH += ../../../code/lib/glew/lib/
+}
+
 unix{
 	LIBS		+= -lGLEW
 	QMAKE_CC	 = gcc
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/meshio/meshio.pro b/src/meshlabplugins/meshio/meshio.pro
index ece254b58..93f02e67b 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/meshio/meshio.pro
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/meshio/meshio.pro
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ SOURCES       = meshio.cpp \
 TARGET        = meshio
 DESTDIR       = ../../meshlab/plugins
 
-win32:LIBS	+= ../../../../code/lib/lib3ds-1.2.0/lib3ds-120s.lib
+#win32:LIBS	+= ../../../../code/lib/lib3ds-1.2.0/lib3ds-120s.lib
+
+win32-g++:LIBS	+= ../../../../code/lib/lib3ds-1.2.0/lib3ds/lib3ds.a
 
 # the following line is needed to avoid mismatch between 
 # the awful min/max macros of windows and the limits max