diff --git a/cmake/Deploy.cmake b/cmake/Deploy.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6d2bd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Deploy.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+if(APPLE OR (WIN32 AND NOT STATIC))
+    add_custom_target(deploy)
+    get_target_property(_qmake_executable Qt5::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+    get_filename_component(_qt_bin_dir "${_qmake_executable}" DIRECTORY)
+
+    if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
+        find_program(MACDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE macdeployqt HINTS "${_qt_bin_dir}")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET deploy
+                           POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND "${MACDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE}" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../.." -always-overwrite -qmldir="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                           COMMENT "Running macdeployqt..."
+        )
+
+        # workaround for a Qt bug that requires manually adding libqsvg.dylib to bundle
+        find_file(_qt_svg_dylib "libqsvg.dylib" PATHS "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/plugins/imageformats" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+        if(_qt_svg_dylib)
+            add_custom_command(TARGET deploy
+                               POST_BUILD
+                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${_qt_svg_dylib} $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../PlugIns/imageformats/
+                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} -change "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui" "@executable_path/../Frameworks/QtGui.fr    amework/Versions/5/QtGui" $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../PlugIns/imageformats/libqsvg.dylib
+                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} -change "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets" "@executable_path/../Frameworks/    QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui" $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../PlugIns/imageformats/libqsvg.dylib
+                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} -change "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/QtSvg.framework/Versions/5/QtSvg" "@executable_path/../Frameworks/QtGui.fr    amework/Versions/5/QtGui" $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../PlugIns/imageformats/libqsvg.dylib
+                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} -change "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore" "@executable_path/../Frameworks/QtGui.    framework/Versions/5/QtGui" $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>/../PlugIns/imageformats/libqsvg.dylib
+                               COMMENT "Copying libqsvg.dylib, running install_name_tool"
+            )
+        endif()
+
+    elseif(WIN32)
+        find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE windeployqt HINTS "${_qt_bin_dir}")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET monero-wallet-gui POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E env PATH="${_qt_bin_dir}" "${WINDEPLOYQT_EXECUTABLE}" "$<TARGET_FILE:monero-wallet-gui>" -no-translations -qmldir="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                           COMMENT "Running windeployqt..."
+        )
+        set(WIN_DEPLOY_DLLS
+            libboost_chrono-mt.dll
+            libboost_filesystem-mt.dll
+            libboost_locale-mt.dll
+            libboost_program_options-mt.dll
+            libboost_regex-mt.dll
+            libboost_serialization-mt.dll
+            libboost_thread-mt.dll
+            libprotobuf.dll
+            libbrotlicommon.dll
+            libbrotlidec.dll
+            libusb-1.0.dll
+            zlib1.dll
+            libzstd.dll
+            libwinpthread-1.dll
+            libtiff-5.dll
+            libstdc++-6.dll
+            libpng16-16.dll
+            libpcre16-0.dll
+            libpcre-1.dll
+            libmng-2.dll
+            liblzma-5.dll
+            liblcms2-2.dll
+            libjpeg-8.dll
+            libintl-8.dll
+            libiconv-2.dll
+            libharfbuzz-0.dll
+            libgraphite2.dll
+            libglib-2.0-0.dll
+            libfreetype-6.dll
+            libbz2-1.dll
+            libssp-0.dll
+            libpcre2-16-0.dll
+            libhidapi-0.dll
+            libdouble-conversion.dll
+            libgcrypt-20.dll
+            libgpg-error-0.dll
+            libsodium-23.dll
+            libzmq.dll
+            #platform files
+            libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
+            #openssl files
+            libssl-1_1-x64.dll
+            libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
+        )
+        if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+            list(APPEND WIN_DEPLOY_DLLS
+                libicudtd67.dll
+                libicuind67.dll
+                libicuiod67.dll
+                libicutud67.dll
+                libicuucd67.dll
+            )
+        else() # assume release
+            list(APPEND WIN_DEPLOY_DLLS
+                libicudt67.dll
+                libicuin67.dll
+                libicuio67.dll
+                libicutu67.dll
+                libicuuc67.dll
+            )
+        endif()
+        list(TRANSFORM WIN_DEPLOY_DLLS PREPEND "$ENV{MSYSTEM_PREFIX}/bin/")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET deploy
+                           POST_BUILD
+                           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${WIN_DEPLOY_DLLS} "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>"
+                           COMMENT "Copying DLLs to target folder"
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 279f73ae..343dd050 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ endif()
 
 add_custom_command(TARGET monero-wallet-gui POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:daemon> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monero-wallet-gui>)
 
+include(Deploy)
+
 install(TARGETS monero-wallet-gui
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
 )