diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 951d7581fb..a64666a32b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ distcheck-hook:
 distcleancheck:
 	@:
 
-$(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER): $(BITCOIND_BIN) $(BITCOIN_QT_BIN) $(BITCOIN_CLI_BIN)
+$(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER): all-recursive
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/release
 	STRIPPROG="$(STRIP)" $(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM) $(BITCOIND_BIN) $(top_builddir)/release
 	STRIPPROG="$(STRIP)" $(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM) $(BITCOIN_QT_BIN) $(top_builddir)/release
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ OSX_APP_BUILT=$(OSX_APP)/Contents/PkgInfo $(OSX_APP)/Contents/Resources/empty.lp
 
 if BUILD_DARWIN
 $(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
-	$(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -dmg -fancy $(OSX_FANCY_PLIST) -verbose 2
+	$(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -dmg -fancy $(OSX_FANCY_PLIST) -verbose 2
 
 else
 $(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
-	INSTALLNAMETOOL=$(INSTALLNAMETOOL)  OTOOL=$(OTOOL) STRIP=$(STRIP) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -verbose 2
+	INSTALLNAMETOOL=$(INSTALLNAMETOOL)  OTOOL=$(OTOOL) STRIP=$(STRIP) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) -add-qt-tr $(OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -verbose 2
 	$(MKDIR_P) dist/.background
 	$(INSTALL) contrib/macdeploy/background.png dist/.background
 	$(INSTALL) contrib/macdeploy/DS_Store dist/.DS_Store
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ if TARGET_WINDOWS
 deploy: $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER)
 endif
 
+$(BITCOIN_QT_BIN): FORCE
+	$(MAKE) -C src qt/$(@F)
+
+$(BITCOIND_BIN): FORCE
+	$(MAKE) -C src $(@F)
+
+$(BITCOIN_CLI_BIN): FORCE
+	$(MAKE) -C src $(@F)
+
 if USE_LCOV
 
 baseline.info:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 719b06da67..0b2a429e02 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ fi
 if test x$use_hardening != xno; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wstack-protector],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -Wstack-protector"])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fstack-protector-all],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -fstack-protector-all"])
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fPIE],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -fPIE"])
 
   AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG([-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2],[
     AX_CHECK_PREPROC_FLAG([-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE],[
@@ -360,7 +359,8 @@ if test x$use_hardening != xno; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-z,now]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,now"])
 
   if test x$TARGET_OS != xwindows; then
-    # -pie will link successfully with MinGW, but it's unsupported and leads to undeterministic binaries
+    # All windows code is PIC, forcing it on just adds useless compile warnings
+    AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fPIE],[HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -fPIE"])
     AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-pie]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -pie"])
   fi
 
@@ -717,3 +717,14 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/build-tests.sh],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/build-tests.sh])
 AC_OUTPUT
+
+dnl Taken from https://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue
+case $host in
+   *-*-linux-gnu)
+     AC_MSG_RESULT([Fixing libtool for -rpath problems.])
+     sed < libtool > libtool-2 \
+     's/^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec.*$'/'hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=" -D__LIBTOOL_IS_A_FOOL__ "/'
+     mv libtool-2 libtool
+     chmod 755 libtool
+   ;;
+esac
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index eece81dd3d..23b57a76b3 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ ap.add_argument("-sign", dest="sign", action="store_true", default=False, help="
 ap.add_argument("-dmg", nargs="?", const="", metavar="basename", help="create a .dmg disk image; if basename is not specified, a camel-cased version of the app name is used")
 ap.add_argument("-fancy", nargs=1, metavar="plist", default=[], help="make a fancy looking disk image using the given plist file with instructions; requires -dmg to work")
 ap.add_argument("-add-qt-tr", nargs=1, metavar="languages", default=[], help="add Qt translation files to the bundle's ressources; the language list must be separated with commas, not with whitespace")
+ap.add_argument("-translations-dir", nargs=1, metavar="path", default=None, help="Path to Qt's translation files")
 ap.add_argument("-add-resources", nargs="+", metavar="path", default=[], help="list of additional files or folders to be copied into the bundle's resources; must be the last argument")
 
 config = ap.parse_args()
@@ -467,6 +468,15 @@ if not os.path.exists(app_bundle):
 app_bundle_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(app_bundle))[0]
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
+translations_dir = None
+if config.translations_dir and config.translations_dir[0]:
+    if os.path.exists(config.translations_dir[0]):
+        translations_dir = config.translations_dir[0]
+    else:
+        if verbose >= 1:
+            sys.stderr.write("Error: Could not find translation dir \"%s\"\n" % (translations_dir))
+        sys.exit(1)
+# ------------------------------------------------
 
 for p in config.add_resources:
     if verbose >= 3:
@@ -590,7 +600,14 @@ if config.plugins:
 if len(config.add_qt_tr) == 0:
     add_qt_tr = []
 else:
-    qt_tr_dir = os.path.join(deploymentInfo.qtPath, "translations")
+    if translations_dir is not None:
+        qt_tr_dir = translations_dir
+    else:
+        if deploymentInfo.qtPath is not None:
+            qt_tr_dir = os.path.join(deploymentInfo.qtPath, "translations")
+        else:
+            sys.stderr.write("Error: Could not find Qt translation path\n")
+            sys.exit(1)
     add_qt_tr = ["qt_%s.qm" % lng for lng in config.add_qt_tr[0].split(",")]
     for lng_file in add_qt_tr:
         p = os.path.join(qt_tr_dir, lng_file)
diff --git a/src/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4 b/src/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
index 5017742cc2..4c1d40c394 100644
--- a/src/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
+++ b/src/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_QT_INIT],[
   AC_ARG_WITH([qt-incdir],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qt-incdir=INC_DIR],[specify qt include path (overridden by pkgconfig)])], [qt_include_path=$withval], [])
   AC_ARG_WITH([qt-libdir],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qt-libdir=LIB_DIR],[specify qt lib path (overridden by pkgconfig)])], [qt_lib_path=$withval], [])
   AC_ARG_WITH([qt-plugindir],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qt-plugindir=PLUGIN_DIR],[specify qt plugin path (overridden by pkgconfig)])], [qt_plugin_path=$withval], [])
+  AC_ARG_WITH([qt-translationdir],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qt-translationdir=PLUGIN_DIR],[specify qt translation path (overridden by pkgconfig)])], [qt_translation_path=$withval], [])
   AC_ARG_WITH([qt-bindir],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qt-bindir=BIN_DIR],[specify qt bin path])], [qt_bin_path=$withval], [])
 
   AC_ARG_WITH([qtdbus],
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_QT_INIT],[
     [enable DBus support (default is yes if qt is enabled and QtDBus is found)])],
     [use_dbus=$withval],
     [use_dbus=auto])
+
+  AC_SUBST(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR,$qt_translation_path)
 ])
 
 dnl Find the appropriate version of Qt libraries and includes.
@@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_QT_CONFIGURE],[
         _BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_STATIC_PLUGINS([Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWindowsIntegrationPlugin)],[-lqwindows])
         AC_DEFINE(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_WINDOWS, 1, [Define this symbol if the qt platform is windows])
       elif test x$TARGET_OS == xlinux; then
-        _BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_STATIC_PLUGINS([Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QXcbIntegrationPlugin)],[-lqxcb -lxcb-static -lxcb])
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([X11XCB], [x11-xcb], [QT_LIBS="$X11XCB_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
+        _BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_STATIC_PLUGINS([Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QXcbIntegrationPlugin)],[-lqxcb -lxcb-static])
         AC_DEFINE(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_XCB, 1, [Define this symbol if the qt platform is xcb])
       elif test x$TARGET_OS == xdarwin; then
         if test x$use_pkgconfig = xyes; then
@@ -370,7 +374,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_BITCOIN_QT_FIND_LIBS_WITHOUT_PKGCONFIG],[
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([z] ,[main],,AC_MSG_WARN([zlib not found. Assuming qt has it built-in])))
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([png] ,[main],,AC_MSG_WARN([libpng not found. Assuming qt has it built-in])))
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([jpeg] ,[main],,AC_MSG_WARN([libjpeg not found. Assuming qt has it built-in])))
-  BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([pcre] ,[main],,AC_MSG_WARN([libpcre not found. Assuming qt has it built-in])))
+  BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([pcre16] ,[main],,AC_MSG_WARN([libpcre16 not found. Assuming qt has it built-in])))
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([${QT_LIB_PREFIX}Core]   ,[main],,BITCOIN_QT_FAIL(lib$QT_LIB_PREFIXCore not found)))
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([${QT_LIB_PREFIX}Gui]    ,[main],,BITCOIN_QT_FAIL(lib$QT_LIB_PREFIXGui not found)))
   BITCOIN_QT_CHECK(AC_CHECK_LIB([${QT_LIB_PREFIX}Network],[main],,BITCOIN_QT_FAIL(lib$QT_LIB_PREFIXNetwork not found)))