#! [quoting library paths with spaces] win32:LIBS += $$quote(C:/mylibs/extra libs/extra.lib) unix:LIBS += $$quote(-L/home/user/extra libs) -lextra #! [quoting library paths with spaces] #! [quoting include paths with spaces] win32:INCLUDEPATH += $$quote(C:/mylibs/extra headers) unix:INCLUDEPATH += $$quote(/home/user/extra headers) #! [quoting include paths with spaces]