diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf90bebc7..11d3d1488 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ if(ENABLE_QT)
     set(QT5_REQUIRED_MODULES Core Gui Widgets Network LinguistTools)
     set(QT5_OPTIONAL_MODULES DBus AxContainer AxServer)
 
+    if(WIN32)
+        list(APPEND QT5_REQUIRED_MODULES WinExtras)
+    endif()
+
     foreach(M ${QT5_REQUIRED_MODULES})
         find_package(Qt5${M} ${QT5_MINIMUM} QUIET)
         if(Qt5${M}_FOUND)
diff --git a/dist/msi/components/QtClient.wxs b/dist/msi/components/QtClient.wxs
index 74e8f78d9..383faeeaf 100644
--- a/dist/msi/components/QtClient.wxs
+++ b/dist/msi/components/QtClient.wxs
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
       <Component Id="dll.qt5.widgets">
         <File DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" Name="Qt5Widgets.dll" />
       </Component>
+      <Component Id="dll.qt5.winextras">
+        <File DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" Name="Qt5WinExtras.dll" />
+      </Component>
 
     </DirectoryRef>
     <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR" FileSource="$(var.QtDir)\plugins">
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.qt5.gui" />
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.qt5.network" />
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.qt5.widgets" />
+      <ComponentRef Id="dll.qt5.winextras" />
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.qt5.plugins.platforms.windows" />
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.dbus" />
       <ComponentRef Id="dll.expat" />
diff --git a/qt/Utils.cc b/qt/Utils.cc
index a599e0106..c7018d2ad 100644
--- a/qt/Utils.cc
+++ b/qt/Utils.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QStyle>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <QtWin>
+#endif
+
 #include <libtransmission/transmission.h>
 #include <libtransmission/utils.h> // tr_formatter
 
@@ -37,11 +41,6 @@
 ****
 ***/
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-// Should be in QtWinExtras soon, but for now let's import it manually
-extern QPixmap qt_pixmapFromWinHICON(HICON icon);
-#endif
-
 namespace
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ namespace
           {
             if (shellFileInfo.hIcon != NULL)
               {
-                pixmap = qt_pixmapFromWinHICON (shellFileInfo.hIcon);
+                pixmap = QtWin::fromHICON (shellFileInfo.hIcon);
                 ::DestroyIcon (shellFileInfo.hIcon);
               }
           }
@@ -106,15 +105,13 @@ Utils::guessMimeIcon (const QString& filename)
   if (!icon.isNull ())
     return icon;
 
-#else
+#endif
 
   QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
   QMimeType mimeType = mimeDb.mimeTypeForFile (filename, QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension);
   if (mimeType.isValid ())
     return QIcon::fromTheme (mimeType.iconName (), QIcon::fromTheme (mimeType.genericIconName (), fallback));
 
-#endif
-
   return fallback;
 }
 
diff --git a/qt/qtr.pro b/qt/qtr.pro
index 73fba9b7d..3735bdcdd 100644
--- a/qt/qtr.pro
+++ b/qt/qtr.pro
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ man.files = transmission-qt.1
 
 CONFIG += qt thread debug link_pkgconfig c++11 warn_on
 QT += network dbus
+win32:QT += winextras
 PKGCONFIG = fontconfig libcurl openssl libevent
 
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) {