diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 076fa021be..cb95cbc05d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ set_property(CACHE FREECAD_USE_OCC_VARIANT PROPERTY STRINGS
              "Community Edition"
 )
 
+if (BUILD_QT5)
+  OPTION(FREECAD_USE_QTOPENGL_WIDGET "Replace QGLWidget with QOpenGLWidget." OFF)
+  if (FREECAD_USE_QTOPENGL_WIDGET)
+    set(HAVE_QT5_OPENGL 1)
+  endif()
+endif()
+configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/QtOpenGL.h.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/QtOpenGL.h)
+
 if(APPLE)
     OPTION(FREECAD_CREATE_MAC_APP "Create app bundle on install" OFF)
 
diff --git a/src/QtOpenGL.h.cmake b/src/QtOpenGL.h.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..847deb2bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QtOpenGL.h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2017 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef QUARTER_QTOPENGL_H
+#define QUARTER_QTOPENGL_H
+
+/* QtOpenGL.h.  Generated from QtOpenGL.h.cmake by cmake.  */
+
+#cmakedefine HAVE_QT5_OPENGL
+
+#if defined(HAVE_QT5_OPENGL)
+
+#include <QOpenGLContext>
+#include <QSurfaceFormat>
+#include <QOpenGLWidget>
+#include <QOpenGLFramebufferObject>
+#include <QOpenGLVersionProfile>
+
+typedef QOpenGLContext QtGLContext;
+typedef QSurfaceFormat QtGLFormat;
+typedef QOpenGLWidget QtGLWidget;
+typedef QOpenGLFramebufferObject QtGLFramebufferObject;
+typedef QOpenGLFramebufferObjectFormat QtGLFramebufferObjectFormat;
+
+#else // HAVE_QT5_OPENGL
+
+#include <QGLContext>
+#include <QGLFormat>
+#include <QGLWidget>
+#include <QGLPixelBuffer>
+#include <QGLFramebufferObject>
+
+typedef QGLContext QtGLContext;
+typedef QGLFormat QtGLFormat;
+typedef QGLWidget QtGLWidget;
+typedef QGLPixelBuffer QtGLPixelBuffer;
+typedef QGLFramebufferObject QtGLFramebufferObject;
+typedef QGLFramebufferObjectFormat QtGLFramebufferObjectFormat;
+
+#endif // HAVE_QT5_OPENGL
+
+#endif //QUARTER_QTOPENGL_H