diff --git a/qt/cflags_linux.go b/qt/cflags_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fd2cbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/cflags_linux.go
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+package qt
+
+/*
+#cgo CFLAGS: -fPIC
+#cgo pkg-config: Qt5Widgets
+*/
+import "C"
diff --git a/qt/cflags_windows.go b/qt/cflags_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9be4537d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/cflags_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package qt
+
+/*
+#cgo CXXFLAGS: -std=c++11
+#cgo pkg-config: Qt5Widgets
+*/
+import "C"