diff --git a/bootstrap/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt b/bootstrap/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bcaa982..817f20d6 100644
--- a/bootstrap/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bootstrap/cmake_modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
                    FindLEFDEF.cmake
                    FindBootstrap.cmake
                    FindLibexecinfo.cmake
+                   FindQwt.cmake
          )
                
  install ( FILES ${finders} DESTINATION share/cmake/Modules ) 
diff --git a/bootstrap/cmake_modules/FindQwt.cmake b/bootstrap/cmake_modules/FindQwt.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b64011f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/cmake_modules/FindQwt.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Find Qwt
+# ~~~~~~~~
+# Copyright (c) 2010, Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+#
+# Once run this will define: 
+# 
+# QWT_FOUND       = system has QWT lib
+# QWT_LIBRARY     = full path to the QWT library
+# QWT_INCLUDE_DIR = where to find headers 
+#
+
+
+FIND_PATH(QWT_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES qwt.h PATHS
+  /usr/include
+  /usr/local/include
+  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include" 
+  "$ENV{INCLUDE}" 
+  PATH_SUFFIXES qwt-qt4 qwt qwt5
+  )
+
+FIND_LIBRARY(QWT_LIBRARY NAMES qwt qwt5 qwt-qt4 qwt5-qt4 PATHS 
+  /usr/lib
+  /usr/local/lib
+  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib" 
+  "$ENV{LIB}/lib" 
+  )
+
+IF (QWT_INCLUDE_DIR AND QWT_LIBRARY)
+  SET(QWT_FOUND TRUE)
+ENDIF (QWT_INCLUDE_DIR AND QWT_LIBRARY)
+
+IF (QWT_FOUND)
+  IF (NOT QWT_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Qwt: ${QWT_LIBRARY}")
+  ENDIF (NOT QWT_FIND_QUIETLY)
+ELSE (QWT_FOUND)
+  IF (QWT_FIND_REQUIRED)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find Qwt")
+  ENDIF (QWT_FIND_REQUIRED)
+ENDIF (QWT_FOUND)