diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b9752749abde940f8acd5b7061f8cfc8ecf46b0..bde2fe708b8a37221417860efdcf591fbb1b072d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,3 +161,5 @@ Desktop.ini
 
 # Mac OS X Finder
 .DS_Store
+
+Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/CMakeLists.txt b/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
index a18a25dc509564d503fdfe06c858e330e4d0d245..4b9a65eb34383984ec71cae1c322cd2fd3316486 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ project( MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets )
 set( INCLUDE_FILES
   inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/ColorSelectionWidget.h
   inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/ColorUpdater.h
+  inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h
   inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/MdViewerWidget.h
   inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/MultisliceView.h
   inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/StandardView.h
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ MantidQtSliceViewer
 MantidQtFactory
 )
 
+configure_file ( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h.in
+                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h )
+
 if( SQUISH_FOUND )
   # Need to set the AUT first
   set( SQUISH_AUT MantidPlot )
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h.in b/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df7f4091b148b0540d081004a4ae00c7442b3cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/ViewWidgets/inc/MantidVatesSimpleGuiViewWidgets/LibHelper.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef LIBHELPER_H_
+#define LIBHELPER_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Mantid
+{
+namespace Vates
+{
+namespace SimpleGui
+{
+
+const std::string QUADVIEW_LIBRARY = "@CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX@QuadView@CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX@";
+
+} // namespace SimpleGui
+} // namespace Vates
+} // namespace Mantid
+
+#endif // LIBHELPER_H_