diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9893021ae..a9aee3b17 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ option (WSJT_TRACE_CAT_POLLS "Debugging option that turns on CAT diagnostics dur
 option (WSJT_HAMLIB_TRACE "Debugging option that turns on full Hamlib internal diagnostics.")
 option (WSJT_SOFT_KEYING "Apply a ramp to CW keying envelope to reduce transients." ON)
 option (WSJT_SKIP_MANPAGES "Skip *nix manpage generation.")
+option (WSJT_EMBED_SAMPLES "Embed sample files into WSJT-X resources." ON)
 
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION (WSJT_QDEBUG_IN_RELEASE "Leave Qt debugging statements in Release configuration." OFF
   "NOT is_debug_build" OFF)
@@ -382,6 +383,19 @@ set (all_C_and_CXXSRCS
   ${all_CXXSRCS}
   )
 
+set (SAMPLE_FILES
+  samples/130418_1742.wav
+  samples/130610_2343.wav
+  )
+
+if (WSJT_EMBED_SAMPLES)
+  foreach (SAMPLE ${SAMPLE_FILES})
+    set (SAMPLE_PATHS "${SAMPLE_PATHS}\n    <file alias=\"samples/${SAMPLE}\">${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${SAMPLE}</file>")
+  endforeach (SAMPLE ${SAMPLE_FILES})
+endif (WSJT_EMBED_SAMPLES)
+
+configure_file (wsjtx.qrc.in wsjtx.qrc @ONLY)
+
 if (APPLE)
   set (WSJTX_ICON_FILE ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.icns)
   set (ICONSRCS
@@ -679,7 +693,7 @@ qt5_wrap_ui (wsjt_qt_GENUISRCS ${wsjt_qt_UISRCS})
 qt5_wrap_ui (wsjtx_GENUISRCS ${wsjtx_UISRCS})
 
 # Resource generation
-qt5_add_resources (wsjtx_RESOURCES_RCC wsjtx.qrc)
+qt5_add_resources (wsjtx_RESOURCES_RCC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wsjtx.qrc)
 
 # AX COM servers
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/wsjtx.qrc b/wsjtx.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2638d3c2b..000000000
--- a/wsjtx.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
-<qresource>
-    <file>shortcuts.txt</file>
-    <file>mouse_commands.txt</file>
-    <file>prefixes.txt</file>
-    <file>cty.dat</file>
-    <file>kvasd.dat</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Banana.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Blue1.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Blue2.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Blue3.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Brown.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Cyan1.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Cyan2.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Cyan3.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Default.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Digipan.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Fldigi.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Gray1.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Gray2.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Green1.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Green2.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Jungle.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Linrad.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Negative.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Orange.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Pink.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Rainbow.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Scope.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Sunburst.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/VK4BDJ.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/YL2KF.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Yellow1.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/Yellow2.pal</file>
-    <file>Palettes/ZL1FZ.pal</file>
-    <file>samples/130418_1742.wav</file>
-    <file>samples/130610_2343.wav</file>
-</qresource>
-</RCC>
diff --git a/wsjtx.qrc.in b/wsjtx.qrc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0072c2ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wsjtx.qrc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource>
+    <file alias="shortcuts.txt">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/shortcuts.txt</file>
+    <file alias="mouse_commands.txt">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/mouse_commands.txt</file>
+    <file alias="prefixes.txt">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/prefixes.txt</file>
+    <file alias="cty.dat">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/cty.dat</file>
+    <file alias="kvasd.dat">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/kvasd.dat</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Banana.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Banana.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Blue1.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Blue1.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Blue2.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Blue2.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Blue3.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Blue3.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Brown.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Brown.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Cyan1.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Cyan1.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Cyan2.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Cyan2.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Cyan3.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Cyan3.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Default.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Default.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Digipan.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Digipan.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Fldigi.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Fldigi.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Gray1.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Gray1.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Gray2.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Gray2.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Green1.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Green1.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Green2.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Green2.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Jungle.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Jungle.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Linrad.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Linrad.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Negative.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Negative.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Orange.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Orange.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Pink.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Pink.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Rainbow.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Rainbow.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Scope.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Scope.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Sunburst.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Sunburst.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/VK4BDJ.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/VK4BDJ.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/YL2KF.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/YL2KF.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Yellow1.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Yellow1.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/Yellow2.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/Yellow2.pal</file>
+    <file alias="Palettes/ZL1FZ.pal">@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/Palettes/ZL1FZ.pal</file>
+    @SAMPLE_PATHS@
+</qresource>
+</RCC>