diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 941ff39a0..16daac05f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ if( NOT BUILD_WITH_QT4 )
             # We need this to find the paths to qdbusxml2cpp and co
             find_package(Qt5DBus REQUIRED)
         endif()
+        
+        if(WIN32)
+            find_package(Qt5WinExtras REQUIRED)
+        endif()
 
         macro(qt_wrap_ui)
             qt5_wrap_ui(${ARGN})
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
index 747c2515c..cc6183ce6 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ bringToFront()
         int  idActive      = GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwndActiveWin, NULL);
         if ( AttachThreadInput(GetCurrentThreadId(), idActive, TRUE) )
         {
-            SetForegroundWindow( wid );
-            SetFocus( wid );
+            SetForegroundWindow( (HWND)wid );
+            SetFocus( (HWND)wid );
             AttachThreadInput(GetCurrentThreadId(), idActive, FALSE);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d28fa846..281fe9344 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(tomahawk_bin
 
 
 qt5_use_modules(tomahawk_bin Core Widgets Network Sql WebKitWidgets)
+if(WIN32)
+    qt5_use_modules(tomahawk_bin WinExtras)
+endif()
 
 MESSAGE( STATUS "OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES: ${OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES}" )
 
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.win32.cmake b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.win32.cmake
index 3567b5e90..795bcbade 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.win32.cmake
+++ b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.win32.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DUNICODE )
 
 SET( OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES
     ${OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES}
-
-    ${QTSPARKLE_LIBRARIES}
-
 # third party shipped with tomahawk
 
 # system libs
@@ -22,3 +19,7 @@ SET( OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES
     "winmm.dll"
     "advapi32.dll"
 )
+
+if(QTSPARKLE_FOUND)
+    list(APPEND OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES ${QTSPARKLE_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/Config.h.in b/src/tomahawk/Config.h.in
index 18bf256b3..34453ff8c 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/Config.h.in
+++ b/src/tomahawk/Config.h.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #cmakedefine WITH_BREAKPAD
 #cmakedefine WITH_CRASHREPORTER
 #cmakedefine WITH_BINARY_ATTICA
-#cmakedefine WITH_QtSparkle
+#cmakedefine WITH_QTSPARKLE
 #cmakedefine WITH_UPOWER
 #cmakedefine WITH_GNOMESHORTCUTHANDLER
 
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkWindow.cpp b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkWindow.cpp
index e061354a1..32007fa39 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkWindow.cpp
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #if defined( Q_OS_WIN )
-    #if defined ( WITH_QtSparkle )
+    #if defined ( WITH_QTSPARKLE )
         #include <qtsparkle/Updater>
     #endif
-
+    #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,2,0)
+        #include <QtWin>
+    #endif
     #include <windows.h>
     #include <shellapi.h>
 
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ TomahawkWindow::setupUpdateCheck()
 #if defined( Q_OS_MAC ) && defined( HAVE_SPARKLE )
     connect( ActionCollection::instance()->getAction( "checkForUpdates" ), SIGNAL( triggered( bool ) ),
              SLOT( checkForUpdates() ) );
-    #elif defined( Q_OS_WIN ) && defined( WITH_QtSparkle )
+    #elif defined( Q_OS_WIN ) && defined( WITH_QTSPARKLE )
     QUrl updaterUrl;
 
     if ( qApp->arguments().contains( "--debug" ) )
@@ -546,7 +548,7 @@ TomahawkWindow::setupWindowsButtons()
         hr = m_taskbarList->HrInit();
         if ( SUCCEEDED( hr ) )
         {
-            hr = m_taskbarList->ThumbBarAddButtons( winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
+            hr = m_taskbarList->ThumbBarAddButtons( (HWND)winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -566,7 +568,11 @@ TomahawkWindow::thumbIcon( TomahawkUtils::ImageType type )
     if ( !thumbIcons.contains( type ) )
     {
         QPixmap pix ( TomahawkUtils::defaultPixmap(type , TomahawkUtils::Original, QSize( 20, 20 ) ) );
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,2,0)
+        thumbIcons[type] = QtWin::toHICON(pix);
+#else
         thumbIcons[type] = pix.toWinHICON();
+#endif
     }
     return thumbIcons[type];
 }
@@ -820,7 +826,7 @@ TomahawkWindow::audioStateChanged( AudioState newState, AudioState oldState )
         return;
     }
 
-    m_taskbarList->ThumbBarUpdateButtons( winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
+    m_taskbarList->ThumbBarUpdateButtons( (HWND)winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
 }
 
 
@@ -841,7 +847,7 @@ TomahawkWindow::updateWindowsLoveButton()
     }
 
     m_thumbButtons[TP_LOVE].dwFlags = THBF_ENABLED;
-    m_taskbarList->ThumbBarUpdateButtons( winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
+    m_taskbarList->ThumbBarUpdateButtons( (HWND)winId(), ARRAYSIZE( m_thumbButtons ), m_thumbButtons );
 }
 #endif // Q_OS_WIN
 
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/main.cpp b/src/tomahawk/main.cpp
index 41e35e08f..88fab099b 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/main.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ LRESULT QT_WIN_CALLBACK qt_LowLevelKeyboardHookProc( int nCode, WPARAM wParam, L
                     if ( QApplication::activeWindow() == widget )
                         continue;
 
-                    hWnd = widget->winId();
+                    hWnd = (HWND)widget->winId();
 
                     // generate message and post it to the message queue
                     LPKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT pKeyboardHookStruct = reinterpret_cast<LPKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT>(lParam);