diff --git a/QxtGlobalShortcut.pri b/QxtGlobalShortcut.pri
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+DEFINES += QXT_STATIC
+
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/src/core
+HEADERS += $$PWD/src/core/qxtglobal.h
+SOURCES += $$PWD/src/core/qxtglobal.cpp
+
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/src/widgets
+
+HEADERS += \
+    $$PWD/src/widgets/qxtglobalshortcut.h
+    $$PWD/src/widgets/qxtglobalshortcut_p.h
+
+SOURCES += \
+    $$PWD/src/widgets/qxtglobalshortcut.cpp
+
+unix:!macx:SOURCES  += $$PWD/src/widgets/x11/qxtglobalshortcut_x11.cpp
+macx:SOURCES        += $$PWD/src/widgets/mac/qxtglobalshortcut_mac.cpp
+win32:SOURCES       += $$PWD/src/widgets/win/qxtglobalshortcut_win.cpp
+
+unix:!macx:QT += x11extras
+macx:QMAKE_LFLAGS += -framework Carbon -framework CoreFoundation