diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc9d833..4c2802b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8.12 )
 
 project( kgtk )
 
+
 ##### set up cpack ##############################
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README")
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ set(KGTK_VERSION_FULL "${KGTK_VERSION}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${KGTK_VERSION_FULL}")
 include(CPack)
 
+
 ##### include essential cmake modules ###########
 
 include( CheckCXXSourceCompiles )
@@ -70,9 +72,7 @@ include( ConfigureChecks.cmake )
 
 ###### global compiler settings #################
 
-add_definitions(
-  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
-)
+add_definitions( -DHAVE_CONFIG_H )
 
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TQT_CXX_FLAGS}" )
 set( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined" )
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KGTK_TDE kdialogd3 )
 tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KGTK_GTK2 gtk2 )
 tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_TRANSLATIONS po )
 
+
 ##### write configure files #####################
 
 configure_file( config.h.cmake config.h @ONLY )
 
+
 ##### install global wrapper scripts ############
 
 install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kdialogd-wrapper DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 1149770..cfd9cd0 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -39,30 +39,21 @@ check_include_file( linux/inotify.h HAVE_INOTIFY )
 check_function_exists( statvfs HAVE_STATVFS )
 check_function_exists( getpeereid HAVE_GETPEEREID )
 
-if ( BUILD_KGTK_GTK2 )
-    # Check if we have dlvsym...
-    find_library(LIBDLVSYM_LIBRARY
-                 NAMES dl
-                 PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib)
-
-    if(LIBDLVSYM_LIBRARY)
-        set(HAVE_DLVSYM 1)
-        # Determine version of dlsym...
-        find_library(LIBDL_LIBRARY
-                     NAMES dl
-                     PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib)
-
-        if(LIBDL_LIBRARY)
-            execute_process(COMMAND objdump --dynamic-syms ${LIBDL_LIBRARY}
-                            COMMAND grep dlsym
-                            OUTPUT_VARIABLE DLSYM_DATA)
-            separate_arguments(DLSYM_DATA)
-            if (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} GREATER 2 OR ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} GREATER 4)
-                cmake_policy(SET CMP0007 OLD)
-            endif (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} GREATER 2 OR ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} GREATER 4)
-            list(GET DLSYM_DATA 4 KGTK_DLSYM_VERSION)
-        endif(LIBDL_LIBRARY)
-    else(LIBDLVSYM_LIBRARY)
-        message("** INFORMATION: You're libdl does not contain dlvsym - SWT apps will not be supported")
-    endif(LIBDLVSYM_LIBRARY)
-endif ()
+
+##### check for gtk+ 2.x
+
+if( BUILD_KGTK_GTK2 )
+
+  pkg_check_modules( GTK gtk+-2.0>=2.6 )
+  pkg_check_modules( GTHREAD gthread-2.0 )
+
+  if( NOT GTK_FOUND OR NOT GTHREAD_FOUND )
+    tde_message_fatal( "GTK2 support is requested but not found on your system" )
+  endif()
+
+  check_library_exists( "${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}" _dl_sym "" HAVE_DL_SYM )
+  if( NOT HAVE_DL_SYM )
+    tde_message_fatal( "The DL library seems no longer contains _dl_sym function" )
+  endif()
+
+endif()
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 7395b46..2f33f6d 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+
+// Defined if you have fvisibility and fvisibility-inlines-hidden support.
+#cmakedefine __KDE_HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY 1
+
+/* Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN to 1 if your processor stores words with the most
+   significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel). */
+#cmakedefine WORDS_BIGENDIAN @WORDS_BIGENDIAN@
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `getpeereid' function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_GETPEEREID 1
 
 /* Define if you have the struct ucred */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STRUCT_UCRED 1
-#cmakedefine HAVE_DLVSYM 1
 
 #define VERSION "@KGTK_VERSION_FULL@"
-
-#define KGTK_DLSYM_VERSION "@KGTK_DLSYM_VERSION@"
-
diff --git a/gtk2/CMakeLists.txt b/gtk2/CMakeLists.txt
index 36b3e3f..9210e8c 100644
--- a/gtk2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtk2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
-include(FindPkgConfig)
 
-pkg_check_modules(GTK gtk+-2.0>=2.6)
+include_directories(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/common
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+    ${GTK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
 
-if (GTK_FOUND)
-    message("** INFORMATION: Gtk2 LD_PRELOAD library will be built.")
 
-    # set(LIB_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "Define suffix of directory name (32/64)" )
-    set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}  CACHE PATH "The subdirectory relative to the install prefix where libraries will be installed (default is /lib${LIB_SUFFIX})" FORCE)
+##### kgtk2 (shared)
 
-    include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/common ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${GTK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    set(kgtk2_SRCS kgtk2.c)
-    add_library(kgtk2 SHARED ${kgtk2_SRCS})
-    target_link_libraries(kgtk2 ${GTK_LDFLAGS} -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lc -ldl)
+tde_add_library( kgtk2 SHARED NO_LIBTOOL_FILE
+  SOURCES
+    kgtk2.c
 
-    install(TARGETS kgtk2 LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kgtk )
+  LINK
+    ${GTK_LIBRARIES}
+    ${GTHREAD_LIBRARIES}
+    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 
-    configure_file (kgtk2-wrapper.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kgtk2-wrapper @ONLY)
-    install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kgtk2-wrapper DESTINATION bin)
-else (GTK_FOUND)
-    message("** ERROR      : Could not locate Gtk2 headers, Gtk2 LD_PRELOAD library will not be built.")
-endif (GTK_FOUND)
+  DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kgtk
+)
+
+
+##### other data
+
+configure_file( kgtk2-wrapper.cmake kgtk2-wrapper @ONLY )
+
+install(
+  PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kgtk2-wrapper
+  DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/kdialogd3/CMakeLists.txt b/kdialogd3/CMakeLists.txt
index d56ee22..3f2c5e1 100644
--- a/kdialogd3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdialogd3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ link_directories(
   ${TDE_LIBRARY_DIRS}
 )
 
-message("** INFORMATION: KDialogD for TDE will be built.")
 
 ##### kdialogd3 (executable) #################
 
@@ -37,4 +36,4 @@ tde_add_executable( ${target} AUTOMOC
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
   LINK tdecore-shared tdeui-shared tdeio-shared
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/tqt/CMakeLists.txt b/tqt/CMakeLists.txt
index f366481..04f8279 100644
--- a/tqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,19 +21,47 @@ link_directories(
   ${TQT_LIBRARY_DIRS}
 )
 
-message("** INFORMATION: Qt3 LD_PRELOAD library will be built.")
 
-# set(LIB_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "Define suffix of directory name (32/64)" )
-set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}"  CACHE PATH "The subdirectory relative to the install prefix where libraries will be installed (default is /lib${LIB_SUFFIX})" FORCE)
+add_definitions( -DTQT_THREAD_SUPPORT )
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mangled.h
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mangled.sh ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mangled.h)
 
-set(kqt3_SRCS kqt3.cpp mangled.h)
-add_definitions(${QT_DEFINITIONS} -DTQT_THREAD_SUPPORT)
-add_library(kqt3 SHARED ${kqt3_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(kqt3 ${TQT_LIBRARIES} -lc -ldl)
-install(TARGETS kqt3 LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kgtk)
+##### generate mangled.h
 
-configure_file (kqt3-wrapper.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kqt3-wrapper @ONLY)
-install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kqt3-wrapper DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})
\ No newline at end of file
+add_custom_target(
+    mangled_header
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mangled.h
+)
+
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mangled.h
+  COMMAND
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mangled.sh
+    ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mangled.h
+)
+
+
+##### kqt3 (shared)
+
+tde_add_library( kqt3 SHARED NO_LIBTOOL_FILE
+  SOURCES
+    kqt3.cpp
+
+  LINK
+    ${TQT_LIBRARIES}
+    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+
+  DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kgtk
+
+  DEPENDENCIES mangled_header
+)
+
+
+##### other data
+
+configure_file( kqt3-wrapper.cmake kqt3-wrapper @ONLY )
+
+install(
+  PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kqt3-wrapper
+  DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
+)