diff --git a/setup/installer/windows/freeze.py b/setup/installer/windows/freeze.py
index 69e669566d..3e251d2dcf 100644
--- a/setup/installer/windows/freeze.py
+++ b/setup/installer/windows/freeze.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from setup.build_environment import msvc, MT, RC
 from setup.installer.windows.wix import WixMixIn
 
 OPENSSL_DIR = r'Q:\openssl'
-QT_DIR = 'Q:\\Qt\\4.7.3'
+QT_DIR = 'Q:\\Qt\\4.8.0'
 QT_DLLS = ['Core', 'Gui', 'Network', 'Svg', 'WebKit', 'Xml', 'XmlPatterns']
 LIBUNRAR         = 'C:\\Program Files\\UnrarDLL\\unrar.dll'
 SW               = r'C:\cygwin\home\kovid\sw'
diff --git a/setup/installer/windows/notes.rst b/setup/installer/windows/notes.rst
index d063a19249..36acacdb55 100644
--- a/setup/installer/windows/notes.rst
+++ b/setup/installer/windows/notes.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ Now, run configure and make::
 
 -no-plugin-manifests is needed so that loading the plugins does not fail looking for the CRT assembly
 
-    configure -opensource -release -qt-zlib -qt-gif -qt-libmng -qt-libpng -qt-libtiff -qt-libjpeg -release -platform win32-msvc2008 -no-qt3support -webkit -xmlpatterns -no-phonon -no-style-plastique -no-style-cleanlooks -no-style-motif -no-style-cde -no-declarative -no-scripttools -no-audio-backend -no-multimedia -no-dbus -no-openvg -no-opengl -no-qt3support -confirm-license -nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs -no-plugin-manifests -openssl -I Q:\openssl\include -L Q:\openssl\lib && nmake
+    configure -opensource -release -qt-zlib -qt-libmng -qt-libpng -qt-libtiff -qt-libjpeg -release -platform win32-msvc2008 -no-qt3support -webkit -xmlpatterns -no-phonon -no-style-plastique -no-style-cleanlooks -no-style-motif -no-style-cde -no-declarative -no-scripttools -no-audio-backend -no-multimedia -no-dbus -no-openvg -no-opengl -no-qt3support -confirm-license -nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs -no-plugin-manifests -openssl -I Q:\openssl\include -L Q:\openssl\lib && nmake
+
+Add the path to the bin folder inside the Qt dir to your system PATH.
 
 SIP
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