diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 572090157..d07c8d1e8 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ if (MSVC)
         dep_wxwidgets
         dep_gtest
         dep_nlopt
+        dep_qhull
         dep_zlib    # on Windows we still need zlib
     )
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ else()
         dep_wxwidgets
         dep_gtest
         dep_nlopt
+        dep_qhull
     )
 
 endif()
diff --git a/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake b/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake
index 3cf843f73..d6a92efcb 100644
--- a/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-unix-common.cmake
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_nlopt
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr/local
         ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
 )
+
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_qhull
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/qhull/qhull/archive/v7.2.1.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=6fc251e0b75467e00943bfb7191e986fce0e1f8f6f0251f9c6ce5a843821ea78
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr/local
+        ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
+    PATCH_COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} apply --ignore-space-change --ignore-whitespace ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qhull-mods.patch
+)
diff --git a/deps/deps-windows.cmake b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
index b3b31e5f3..df47a0f44 100644
--- a/deps/deps-windows.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
@@ -199,6 +199,33 @@ if (${DEP_DEBUG})
     )
 endif ()
 
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(dep_qhull
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+    URL "https://github.com/qhull/qhull/archive/v7.2.1.tar.gz"
+    URL_HASH SHA256=6fc251e0b75467e00943bfb7191e986fce0e1f8f6f0251f9c6ce5a843821ea78
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}"
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr/local
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+        -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d
+    PATCH_COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} apply --ignore-space-change --ignore-whitespace ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qhull-mods.patch
+    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
+
+if (${DEP_DEBUG})
+    ExternalProject_Get_Property(dep_qhull BINARY_DIR)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(dep_qhull build_debug
+        DEPENDEES build
+        DEPENDERS install
+        COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}"
+    )
+endif ()
+
 
 if (${DEPS_BITS} EQUAL 32)
     set(DEP_WXWIDGETS_TARGET "")
diff --git a/deps/qhull-mods.patch b/deps/qhull-mods.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1ea7159b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/qhull-mods.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 59dff41..20c2ec5 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
+ # $DateTime: 2016/01/18 19:29:17 $$Author: bbarber $
+ 
+ project(qhull)
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+ 
+ # Define qhull_VERSION in CMakeLists.txt, Makefile, qhull-exports.def, qhull_p-exports.def, qhull_r-exports.def, qhull-warn.pri
+ set(qhull_VERSION2 "2015.2 2016/01/18")  # not used, See global.c, global_r.c, rbox.c, rbox_r.c
+@@ -610,10 +610,48 @@ add_test(NAME user_eg3
+ # Define install
+ # ---------------------------------------
+ 
+-install(TARGETS ${qhull_TARGETS_INSTALL}
++install(TARGETS ${qhull_TARGETS_INSTALL} EXPORT QhullTargets
+         RUNTIME DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
+         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
+-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
++        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
++        INCLUDES DESTINATION include)
++
++include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
++
++write_basic_package_version_file(
++    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Qhull/QhullConfigVersion.cmake"
++    VERSION ${qhull_VERSION}
++    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion
++)
++
++export(EXPORT QhullTargets
++  FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Qhull/QhullTargets.cmake"
++  NAMESPACE Qhull::
++)
++
++configure_file(Config.cmake.in
++  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Qhull/QhullConfig.cmake"
++  @ONLY
++)
++
++set(ConfigPackageLocation lib/cmake/Qhull)
++install(EXPORT QhullTargets
++  FILE
++    QhullTargets.cmake
++  NAMESPACE
++    Qhull::
++  DESTINATION
++    ${ConfigPackageLocation}
++)
++install(
++  FILES
++    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Qhull/QhullConfig.cmake"
++    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Qhull/QhullConfigVersion.cmake"
++  DESTINATION
++    ${ConfigPackageLocation}
++  COMPONENT
++    Devel
++)
+ 
+ install(FILES ${libqhull_HEADERS}    DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/libqhull)
+ install(FILES ${libqhull_DOC}        DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/libqhull)
+diff --git a/Config.cmake.in b/Config.cmake.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..bc92bfe
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Config.cmake.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/QhullTargets.cmake")
++
+diff --git a/src/libqhull_r/user_r.h b/src/libqhull_r/user_r.h
+index fc105b9..7cca65a 100644
+--- a/src/libqhull_r/user_r.h
++++ b/src/libqhull_r/user_r.h
+@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Code flags --
+    REALfloat =   1      all numbers are 'float' type
+              =   0      all numbers are 'double' type
+ */
+-#define REALfloat 0
++#define REALfloat 1
+ 
+ #if (REALfloat == 1)
+ #define realT float
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f6959623..2f2483eca 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ add_subdirectory(semver)
 set(LIBNEST2D_UNITTESTS ON CACHE BOOL "Force generating unittests for libnest2d")
 add_subdirectory(libnest2d)
 
-include_directories(${LIBDIR}/qhull/src)
-#message(STATUS ${LIBDIR}/qhull/src)
-
 add_subdirectory(libslic3r)
 
 if (SLIC3R_GUI)
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/TriangleMesh.cpp b/src/libslic3r/TriangleMesh.cpp
index 4d35cabca..6581a8320 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/TriangleMesh.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/TriangleMesh.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ TriangleMesh TriangleMesh::convex_hull_3d() const
         {   // iterate through facet's vertices
 
             orgQhull::QhullPoint p = vertices[i].point();
-            const float* coords = p.coordinates();
+            const auto* coords = p.coordinates();
             dst_vertices.emplace_back(coords[0], coords[1], coords[2]);
         }
         unsigned int size = (unsigned int)dst_vertices.size();
diff --git a/src/qhull/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qhull/CMakeLists.txt
index a3e7da126..262214a5c 100644
--- a/src/qhull/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qhull/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 # Created by modification of the original qhull CMakeLists.
 # Lukas Matena (25.7.2018), lukasmatena@seznam.cz
 
+# see bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925540
+
+# find_package(Qhull 7.2 QUIET)
+
+add_library(qhull INTERFACE)
+
+if(Qhull_FOUND)
+
+message(STATUS "Using qhull from system.")
+if(SLICER_STATIC)
+    target_link_libraries(qhull INTERFACE Qhull::qhullcpp Qhull::qhullstatic_r)
+else()
+    target_link_libraries(qhull INTERFACE Qhull::qhullcpp Qhull::qhull_r)
+endif()
+    
+else(Qhull_FOUND)
 
 project(qhull)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
@@ -112,7 +128,7 @@ set(libqhull_SOURCES
 
 ##################################################
 # combined library (reentrant qhull and qhullcpp) for Slic3r:
-set(qhull_STATIC qhull)
+set(qhull_STATIC qhullstatic)
 add_library(${qhull_STATIC} STATIC ${libqhull_SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(${qhull_STATIC} PROPERTIES
     VERSION ${qhull_VERSION})
@@ -124,3 +140,8 @@ endif(UNIX)
 
 # LIBDIR is defined in the main xs CMake file:
 target_include_directories(${qhull_STATIC} PRIVATE ${LIBDIR}/qhull/src)
+
+target_link_libraries(qhull INTERFACE ${qhull_STATIC})
+target_include_directories(qhull INTERFACE ${LIBDIR}/qhull/src)
+
+endif()