diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87e4b5842..ce6261902 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -500,45 +500,24 @@ endif()
 
 #YV
 ############################### QT ################################
+
+set(WITH_QT OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with QT Backend support")
+set(WITH_QT_OPENGL ON CACHE BOOL "Add OpenGL extension to QT")
+
 set(HAVE_QT 0)
 set(HAVE_QT_OPENGL 0)
-set(AUTOSWITCH_QT 1)#uses to disable QT
 
-#set the booleans
-find_package(Qt4)# QUIET)
-if (QT4_FOUND AND AUTOSWITCH_QT)
-    set(WITH_QT ON CACHE BOOL "Build with QT Backend support")
-    find_package (OpenGL QUIET)
-    if (QT_QTOPENGL_FOUND AND OPENGL_FOUND)
-			set(WITH_QT_OPENGL ON CACHE BOOL "Add OpenGL extension to QT")
-    endif()
-endif()
-    
-    
-#test if QT Bool is true
 if (WITH_QT)
-    set(HAVE_QT 1)
-    add_definitions(-DHAVE_QT=1)
-
-    if(UNIX)
-	    if (APPLE)
-		set(WITH_CARBON OFF CACHE BOOL "Use Carbon for UI instead of Cocoa" FORCE)
-		message(STATUS "QT detected, so Carbon and Cocoa disabled")
-		else()
-		set(WITH_GTK OFF CACHE BOOL "Include GTK support" FORCE)
-		set(HAVE_GTK 0)
-		set(HAVE_GTHREAD 0)
-		message(STATUS "QT detected, so GTK and GThread disabled")
-		endif()
-    endif()
-    
-    if (WITH_QT_OPENGL)
-    message(STATUS "OpenGL for QT enabled")
-        set(HAVE_QT_OPENGL 1)
-        add_definitions(-DOPENCV_GL=1)
+    find_package(Qt4)
+    if (QT4_FOUND)
+        set(HAVE_QT 1)
+        find_package (OpenGL QUIET)
+        if (QT_QTOPENGL_FOUND AND OPENGL_FOUND)
+			set(HAVE_QT_OPENGL 1)
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()
-    
+        
 ############################### TBB ################################
 
 if (WITH_TBB)
@@ -1166,35 +1145,30 @@ message(STATUS "    Linker flags (Debug):      ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CM
 endif()
 
 #YV
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-	message(STATUS "")
-	message(STATUS "  GUI: ")
-		if (HAVE_QT)
-		message(STATUS "    QT 4.x:                    ${HAVE_QT}")
-		message(STATUS "    QT OpenGL support:         ${HAVE_QT_OPENGL}")
-		else()
-		message(STATUS "    GTK+ 2.x:                  ${HAVE_GTK}")
-		message(STATUS "    GThread:                   ${HAVE_GTHREAD}")
-		endif()
-	message(STATUS "")
-endif()
+message(STATUS "")
+message(STATUS "  GUI: ")
 
-if(APPLE)
-	message(STATUS "")
-	if (HAVE_QT)
-	message(STATUS "  GUI: ")
-	message(STATUS "    QT 4.x:                    ${HAVE_QT}")
-	message(STATUS "    QT OpenGL support:         ${HAVE_QT_OPENGL}")
-	else()
-		if(WITH_CARBON)
-		message(STATUS "  GUI Back-end:                Carbon")
-		else()
-		message(STATUS "  GUI Back-end:                Cocoa")
-		endif()
-		message(STATUS "")
-	endif() 
+if (HAVE_QT)
+    message(STATUS "    QT 4.x:                    ${HAVE_QT}")
+    message(STATUS "    QT OpenGL support:         ${HAVE_QT_OPENGL}")
+else()
+    if(WIN32)
+        message(STATUS "    Win32 UI:                  1")
+    else()
+        if(APPLE)
+            if(WITH_CARBON)
+                message(STATUS "    Carbon:                    1")
+            else()
+                message(STATUS "    Cocoa:                     1")
+            endif()
+        else()
+            message(STATUS "    GTK+ 2.x:                  ${HAVE_GTK}")
+            message(STATUS "    GThread:                   ${HAVE_GTHREAD}")
+        endif()
+    endif()
 endif() 
 
+message(STATUS "")
 message(STATUS "  Image I/O: ")
 if(NOT WITH_JPEG OR JPEG_FOUND)
 message(STATUS "    JPEG:                      ${JPEG_FOUND}")
diff --git a/cvconfig.h.cmake b/cvconfig.h.cmake
index 644362279..4aed879f1 100644
--- a/cvconfig.h.cmake
+++ b/cvconfig.h.cmake
@@ -159,3 +159,9 @@
 
 /* Eigen2 Matrix & Linear Algebra Library */
 #cmakedefine  HAVE_EIGEN2
+
+/* Qt bindings */
+#cmakedefine  HAVE_QT
+
+/* Qt bindings use OpenGL */
+#cmakedefine  HAVE_HAVE_QT_OPENGL
diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index a9f5d0164..63ed02147 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,24 +72,23 @@ foreach(h ${lib_hdr_names})
 endforeach()
 
 #YV
+if (HAVE_QT)
+    if (HAVE_QT_OPENGL)
+        set(QT_USE_QTOPENGL TRUE)
+    endif()
+    INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
+     
+    SET(_MOC_HEADERS src/window_QT.h )
+    QT4_WRAP_CPP(_MOC_OUTFILES ${_MOC_HEADERS})
+     
+    set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
+    set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_QT.cpp ${_MOC_OUTFILES})
+endif()
+    
 if(WIN32)
-
-    if (HAVE_QT)
-         if (HAVE_QT_OPENGL)
-			set( QT_USE_QTOPENGL TRUE )
-         endif()
-		 INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
-		 
-		 SET(_MOC_HEADERS src/window_QT.h )
-		 QT4_WRAP_CPP(_MOC_OUTFILES ${_MOC_HEADERS})
-		 
-		 set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
-		 set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_QT.cpp ${_MOC_OUTFILES})
-		 
-    else()
+    if(NOT HAVE_QT)
         set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_w32.cpp)
     endif()
-
     set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/cap_vfw.cpp src/cap_cmu.cpp src/cap_w32.cpp src/cap_dshow.cpp)
     if(HAVE_MIL)
         set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/cap_mil.cpp)
@@ -97,25 +96,10 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
-
-    if (HAVE_QT)        
-         if (HAVE_QT_OPENGL)
-			set( QT_USE_QTOPENGL TRUE )
-			#set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
-         endif()
-		 INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
-		 
-		 SET(_MOC_HEADERS src/window_QT.h)
-		 QT4_WRAP_CPP(_MOC_OUTFILES ${_MOC_HEADERS})
-		 
-		 set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
-		 set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_QT.cpp ${_MOC_OUTFILES})
-		 
-    else()
+    if(NOT HAVE_QT)        
     	if(HAVE_GTK)
             set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_gtk.cpp)
     	endif()
-    	
     endif()
 
     if(HAVE_XINE)
@@ -193,19 +177,7 @@ if(APPLE)
         add_definitions(-DHAVE_IMAGEIO=1)
     endif()
     
-    if (HAVE_QT)
-         if (HAVE_QT_OPENGL)
-			set( QT_USE_QTOPENGL TRUE )
-         endif()
-		 INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
-		 
-		 SET(_MOC_HEADERS src/window_QT.h)
-		 QT4_WRAP_CPP(_MOC_OUTFILES ${_MOC_HEADERS})
-		 
-		 set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
-		 set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_QT.cpp ${_MOC_OUTFILES})
-		         
-    else()
+    if (NOT HAVE_QT)
         if(WITH_CARBON)
             add_definitions(-DHAVE_CARBON=1)
             set(highgui_srcs ${highgui_srcs} src/window_carbon.cpp)
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/window.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/window.cpp
index a1dd61cb6..701ebad47 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/window.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/window.cpp
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ CV_IMPL void cvSetWindowProperty(const char* name, int prop_id, double prop_valu
 			if (!name || (prop_value!=CV_WINDOW_NORMAL && prop_value!=CV_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN))//bad argument
 				break;
 		
-			#if   defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 
+			#if defined (HAVE_QT)
+			cvSetModeWindow_QT(name,prop_value);
+			#elif defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 
 			cvSetModeWindow_W32(name,prop_value);
 			#elif defined (HAVE_GTK)
 			cvSetModeWindow_GTK(name,prop_value);
 			#elif defined (HAVE_CARBON)
 			cvSetModeWindow_CARBON(name,prop_value);
-			#elif defined (HAVE_QT)
-			cvSetModeWindow_QT(name,prop_value);
 			#endif
 		break;
 		
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ CV_IMPL double cvGetWindowProperty(const char* name, int prop_id)
 		
 			if (!name)//bad argument
 				return -1;
-				
-			#if   defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 
+			
+            #if defined (HAVE_QT)
+				return cvGetModeWindow_QT(name);
+            #elif defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 
 				return cvGetModeWindow_W32(name);
 			#elif defined (HAVE_GTK)
 				return cvGetModeWindow_GTK(name);
 			#elif defined (HAVE_CARBON)
 				return cvGetModeWindow_CARBON(name);
-			#elif defined (HAVE_QT)
-				return cvGetModeWindow_QT(name);
-            #else
+			#else
                 return -1;
 			#endif