diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef7c4400441118e846eb5f54e6e3805f800e0d46..fbfef281116a0479eb367747f5f090660c5c9747 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ else()
     add_definitions(/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
     # set up output paths for executable binaries (.exe-files, and .dll-files on DLL-capable platforms)
     set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-
+    set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES Debug Release RelWithDebInfo CACHE TYPE INTERNAL FORCE)
     # Tweak optimization settings
     # As far as I can tell, there's no way to override the CMake defaults while leaving user
     # changes intact, so we'll just clobber everything and say sorry.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if (ENABLE_GLFW)
         set(GLFW_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/glfw-3.0.4.bin")
         set(GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS "${GLFW_PREFIX}/include" CACHE PATH "Path to GLFW3 headers")
         set(GLFW_LIBRARY_DIRS "${GLFW_PREFIX}/lib-${TMP_TOOLSET}" CACHE PATH "Path to GLFW3 libraries")
-        
+
         # Clean up after ourselves
         unset(TMP_TOOLSET)
         unset(TMP_ARCH)
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
index ff780cad47e487f7ae613b50767c1632d265d59c..be1de3341e308ed1cd851ce49fe12d6682cb56f5 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,3 +74,47 @@ target_link_libraries(citra-qt ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY} ${CITRA_QT_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries(citra-qt ${PLATFORM_LIBRARIES})
 
 #install(TARGETS citra-qt RUNTIME DESTINATION ${bindir})
+
+# setup a post build to copy the Qt Dlls to the right place on Windows MSVC
+# I only have Qt 5 so if someone wants to add this for Qt 4 as well that would be great
+if (Qt5_FOUND)
+    set(Qt5_DLL_DIR "${Qt5_DIR}/../../../bin")
+    file(GLOB Qt5_DEBUG_DLLS
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icudt*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icuin*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icuuc*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Cored.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Guid.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5OpenGLd.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Widgetsd.*"
+    )
+    foreach(Dll ${Qt5_DEBUG_DLLS})
+        # the if not exist skips this copy if the build directory doesn't exist so it doesn't error out
+        add_custom_command(TARGET citra-qt POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND if not exist "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/Debug/" goto :cmEnd
+                           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                             copy ${Dll} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/Debug/")
+    endforeach()
+    # sooo here's a fun struggle. I can't set a custom command for a single build target,
+    # so instead I have to add all these to every configuration in VS anyway.
+    file(GLOB Qt5_RELEASE_DLLS
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icudt*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icuin*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/icuuc*.dll"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Core.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Gui.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5OpenGL.*"
+        "${Qt5_DLL_DIR}/Qt5Widgets.*"
+    )
+    foreach(Dll ${Qt5_RELEASE_DLLS})
+        add_custom_command(TARGET citra-qt POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND if not exist "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/Release/" goto :cmEnd
+                           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                             copy ${Dll} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/Release/")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET citra-qt POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND if not exist "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/RelWithDebInfo/" goto :cmEnd
+                           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                             copy ${Dll} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/RelWithDebInfo/")
+    endforeach()
+    unset(Qt5_DLL_DIR)
+endif()