diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 592877fdd9..2cd941c1c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ include(jkqtplotter_common_compilersettings)
 # include Qt with appropriate options to build this lib
 include(jkqtplotter_common_qtsettings)
 
+# additionnal common macros
+include(jkqtplotter_macros)
+
 
 
 # now add subdirectories with the library code ...
diff --git a/cmake/jkqtplotter_macros.cmake b/cmake/jkqtplotter_macros.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c47b5a6da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/jkqtplotter_macros.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+function(jkqtplotter_installlibrary lib_name libIncludeSubdir)
+    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
+    )
+    if(WIN32 AND MSVC AND (NOT MSVC_VERSION LESS 1600) AND (NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1"))
+        install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:${lib_name}> DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} OPTIONAL)
+    endif()
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
+    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
+    )
+
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+endfunction(jkqtplotter_installlibrary)
diff --git a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
index cfc3acc8d1..ebad714ee2 100644
--- a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Changes, compared to  \ref page_whatsnew_V4_0_0 "v4.0.0" include:
     <li>CLEANUP (BREAKING) of library structure</li>
     <li>NEW: Using precompiled headers in CMake-build to speed up build times</li>
     <li>NEW/BREAKING: split jkqtcommon into basic tools and jkqtcommon_statistics_and_math for advanced math tools not used by all libs</li>
+    <li>NEW: When using a MSVC compiler, the generated PDB files are installed to \c CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/ </li>
   </ul></li>
   <li>JKQTPlotter:<ul>
     <li>FIXED issue described in <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/62">#62: Fix custom labels draw, because giving exactly two label-strings did not display all of them</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/FalsinSoft">user:FalsinSoft</a></li>
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtcommon/CMakeLists.txt
index d7551015a1..0806daea3f 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,51 +114,18 @@ endif()
 
 # Installation
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${libsh_name} EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${libsh_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${lib_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
         COMPONENT Headers)
 
+
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/readme.txt.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libBasename}_Readme.txt @ONLY)
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libBasename}_Readme.txt" DESTINATION doc/JKQtPlotter )
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" DESTINATION doc/JKQtPlotter RENAME "${libBasename}_LICENSE.txt" )
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon_statistics_and_math/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtcommon_statistics_and_math/CMakeLists.txt
index 770ae165ad..3e0377f748 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon_statistics_and_math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon_statistics_and_math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,45 +115,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Installation
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${libsh_name} EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${libsh_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${lib_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}
diff --git a/lib/jkqtfastplotter/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtfastplotter/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e4d7aa474..cc80885f6d 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtfastplotter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtfastplotter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,45 +85,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Installation
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${libsh_name} EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${libsh_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${lib_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}
diff --git a/lib/jkqtmathtext/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtmathtext/CMakeLists.txt
index 0de9b2e293..bc5489ec38 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtmathtext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtmathtext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,45 +184,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Installation
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${libsh_name} EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${libsh_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${lib_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
index 230dfffd24..36ee887dd4 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -263,45 +263,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Installation
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${libsh_name} EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${libsh_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
-    install(TARGETS ${lib_name} EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-            INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    )
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
-    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
-    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
-    install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-        DESTINATION lib/cmake
-    )
-
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
-                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    jkqtplotter_installlibrary(${lib_name} ${libIncludeSubdir})
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS_BASE}