diff --git a/code/studio/src/CMakeLists.txt b/code/studio/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bc071bf2..8670f516f 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/studio/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(3rdparty)
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(Nel3DWidget)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${NEL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${QT_INCLUDES})
 INCLUDE( ${QT_USE_FILE} )
diff --git a/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/CMakeLists.txt b/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55b4b2a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+					${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+					${QT_INCLUDES}
+					)
+  
+INCLUDE( ${QT_USE_FILE} )
+
+FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp *.h)
+
+SET(NEL3DWIDGET_HDR
+	nel3d_widget.h
+	)
+	
+SET(QT_USE_QTGUI TRUE)
+
+QT4_WRAP_CPP( NEL3DWIDGET_MOC_SRC ${NEL3DWIDGET_HDR} )
+
+SOURCE_GROUP(QtGeneratedMocSrc FILES ${NEL3DWIDGET_MOC_SRC} )
+SOURCE_GROUP("Nel 3D Widget files" FILES ${SRC})
+
+ADD_LIBRARY(nel3dwidget SHARED
+			${SRC}
+            ${NEL3DWIDGET_MOC_SRC}
+            )
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(	nel3dwidget 
+						nelmisc
+						nel3d
+						${QT_LIBRARIES}
+						)
+
+NL_DEFAULT_PROPS(nel3dwidget "Nel3D Qt Widget")
+NL_ADD_RUNTIME_FLAGS(nel3dwidget)
+NL_ADD_LIB_SUFFIX(nel3dwidget)
+
+ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DN3DW_LIB -DQT_DLL -DQT_SHARED ${QT_DEFINITIONS} )
diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp b/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp
rename to code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.cpp
diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h b/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.h
similarity index 92%
rename from code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h
rename to code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.h
index 672fc3fde..d3e6c3ae1 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h
+++ b/code/studio/src/Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 #include "nel/misc/types_nl.h"
 #include <string>
 
+#if defined( N3DW_LIB )
+#define N3DW_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
+#else
+#define N3DW_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
+#endif
+
 namespace NL3D
 {
 	class UDriver;
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ namespace NL3D
 }
 
 /// Nel 3D interface to Qt
-class Nel3DWidget : public QWidget
+class N3DW_EXPORT Nel3DWidget : public QWidget
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/CMakeLists.txt b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ea82a6e4..5adf618d0 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ SET(OVQT_PLUGIN_GUI_EDITOR_HDR
 	action_editor.h
 	property_browser_ctrl.h
 	project_window.h
-	nel3d_widget.h
 	nelgui_ctrl.h
 	new_property_widget.h
 	new_widget_widget.h
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(
 						${QT_QTOPENGL_LIBRARY}
 						${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}
 						qt_property_browser
+						nel3dwidget
 						)
 
 NL_DEFAULT_PROPS(studio_plugin_gui_editor "Tools: Studio Plugin: GUI Editor")
diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_ctrl.cpp b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_ctrl.cpp
index 72bb9524f..b2cf67ea2 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_ctrl.cpp
+++ b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_ctrl.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <QTimerEvent>
 #include "editor_selection_watcher.h"
 
-#include "nel3d_widget.h"
+#include "../../Nel3DWidget/nel3d_widget.h"
 
 namespace GUIEditor
 {