diff --git a/src/gsiqt/qt5/qt5.pro b/src/gsiqt/qt5/qt5.pro
index bdc683f44..5a435a3b8 100644
--- a/src/gsiqt/qt5/qt5.pro
+++ b/src/gsiqt/qt5/qt5.pro
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ QtNetwork.depends += QtCore
 QtSql.depends += QtCore
 QtWidgets.depends += QtGui
 QtDesigner.depends += QtCore
-QtMultimedia.depends += QtCore QtWidgets
+QtMultimedia.depends += QtCore QtWidgets QtNetwork
 QtPrintSupport.depends += QtCore QtWidgets
 QtSvg.depends += QtCore QtWidgets
 QtXmlPatterns.depends += QtCore
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pya.cc b/src/pya/pya/pya.cc
index 0690df78f..5cd104234 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pya.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pya.cc
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ PythonInterpreter::define_variable (const std::string &name, const std::string &
   PythonPtr main_module (PyImport_AddModule ("__main__"));
   PythonPtr dict (PyModule_GetDict (main_module.get ()));
   if (dict) {
-    PythonRef v (c2python<std::string> (value));
+    PythonRef v (c2python (value));
     PyDict_SetItemString (dict.get (), name.c_str (), v.get ());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.cc
index c560065b8..b99208f67 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.cc
@@ -444,24 +444,24 @@ template <>
 PyObject *c2python_func<const tl::Variant &>::operator() (const tl::Variant &c)
 {
   if (c.is_double ()) {
-    return c2python<double> (c.to_double ());
+    return c2python (c.to_double ());
   } else if (c.is_bool ()) {
-    return c2python<bool> (c.to_bool ());
+    return c2python (c.to_bool ());
   } else if (c.is_a_string ()) {
-    return c2python<std::string> (c.to_string ());
+    return c2python (c.to_string ());
   } else if (c.is_long ()) {
-    return c2python<long> (c.to_long ());
+    return c2python (c.to_long ());
   } else if (c.is_ulong ()) {
-    return c2python<unsigned long> (c.to_ulong ());
+    return c2python (c.to_ulong ());
   } else if (c.is_longlong ()) {
-    return c2python<long long> (c.to_longlong ());
+    return c2python (c.to_longlong ());
   } else if (c.is_ulonglong ()) {
-    return c2python<unsigned long long> (c.to_ulonglong ());
+    return c2python (c.to_ulonglong ());
   } else if (c.is_array ()) {
 
     PyObject *ret = PyDict_New ();
     for (tl::Variant::const_array_iterator i = c.begin_array (); i != c.end_array (); ++i) {
-      PyDict_SetItem (ret, c2python<tl::Variant> (i->first), c2python<tl::Variant> (i->second));
+      PyDict_SetItem (ret, c2python (i->first), c2python (i->second));
     }
     return ret;
     
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ PyObject *c2python_func<const tl::Variant &>::operator() (const tl::Variant &c)
     PyObject *ret = PyList_New (c.get_list ().size ());
     size_t index = 0;
     for (tl::Variant::const_iterator i = c.begin (); i != c.end (); ++i, ++index) {
-      PyList_SetItem (ret, index, c2python<tl::Variant> (*i));
+      PyList_SetItem (ret, index, c2python (*i));
     }
     return ret;
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ PyObject *c2python_func<const QString &>::operator() (const QString &qs)
   } else {
     //  TODO: can be done more efficently
     std::string c (tl::to_string (qs));
-    return c2python<std::string> (c);
+    return c2python (c);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.h b/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.h
index bd83d1724..ea1b0217d 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.h
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaConvert.h
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 #ifndef _HDR_pyaConvert
 #define _HDR_pyaConvert
 
-#include "Python.h"
+#include <Python.h>
 
+#include "pyaCommon.h"
 #include "pyaModule.h"
 #include "pyaObject.h"
 #include "gsiClassBase.h"
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ class PYAObjectBase;
  *  @param can_destroy If true, the Python object can be destroyed explicitly
  *  @return The Python object
  */
-PyObject *
+PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *
 object_to_python (void *obj, PYAObjectBase *self, const gsi::ClassBase *cls, bool pass_obj, bool is_const, bool prefer_copy, bool can_destroy);
 
 /**
  *  @brief Translates an object to a Python object (PyObject)
  *  This version takes it's flags from the atype given.
  */
-PyObject *
+PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *
 object_to_python (void *obj, PYAObjectBase *self, const gsi::ArgType &atype);
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ struct test_type_func<T *>
  *  @param loose If true, the type is checked more loosely. Use for second-pass matching.
  */
 template <class T>
-inline bool test_type (PyObject * rval, bool loose)
+inline bool test_type (PyObject * rval, bool loose = false)
 {
   return test_type_func<T> () (rval, loose);
 }
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ inline bool test_type (PyObject * rval, bool loose)
  *  @brief Test a PyObject *for compatibility with a vector of the given type R
  */
 template <class R>
-inline bool test_vector (PyObject *arr, bool loose)
+inline bool test_vector (PyObject *arr, bool loose = false)
 {
   if (PyList_Check (arr)) {
 
@@ -283,13 +284,16 @@ inline bool test_vector (PyObject *arr, bool loose)
 template <class T>
 struct python2c_func
 {
-  T operator() (PyObject *rval);
+  T operator() (PyObject * /*rval*/)
+  {
+    tl_assert (false);  //  type not bound
+  }
 };
 
-template <> long python2c_func<long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> unsigned long python2c_func<unsigned long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> bool python2c_func<bool>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> char python2c_func<char>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC long python2c_func<long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC unsigned long python2c_func<unsigned long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC bool python2c_func<bool>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC char python2c_func<char>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 
 template <class D, class C>
 struct python2c_func_cast
@@ -308,23 +312,23 @@ template <> struct python2c_func<unsigned short> : public python2c_func_cast<uns
 template <> struct python2c_func<int> : public python2c_func_cast<int, long> { };
 template <> struct python2c_func<unsigned int> : public python2c_func_cast<unsigned int, long> { };
 
-template <> long long python2c_func<long long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> unsigned long long python2c_func<unsigned long long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC long long python2c_func<long long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC unsigned long long python2c_func<unsigned long long>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 
 #if defined(HAVE_64BIT_COORD)
 template <> __int128 python2c_func<__int128>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 #endif
 
-template <> double python2c_func<double>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC double python2c_func<double>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 template <> struct python2c_func<float> : public python2c_func_cast<float, double> { };
 
-template <> std::string python2c_func<std::string>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> QByteArray python2c_func<QByteArray>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
-template <> QString python2c_func<QString>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC std::string python2c_func<std::string>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC QByteArray python2c_func<QByteArray>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC QString python2c_func<QString>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 
 template <> struct python2c_func<void *> : public python2c_func_cast<void *, size_t> { };
 
-template <> tl::Variant python2c_func<tl::Variant>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC tl::Variant python2c_func<tl::Variant>::operator() (PyObject *rval);
 
 template <class T> struct python2c_func<T &>
 {
@@ -593,10 +597,14 @@ struct c2python_func<float>
   }
 };
 
-template <> PyObject *c2python_func<const char *>::operator() (const char *);
-template <> PyObject *c2python_func<const QString &>::operator() (const QString &c);
-template <> PyObject *c2python_func<const QByteArray &>::operator() (const QByteArray &c);
-template <> PyObject *c2python_func<const std::string &>::operator() (const std::string &c);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *c2python_func<const char *>::operator() (const char *);
+
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *c2python_func<const QString &>::operator() (const QString &c);
+template <> struct c2python_func<QString> : public c2python_func<const QString &> { };
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *c2python_func<const QByteArray &>::operator() (const QByteArray &c);
+template <> struct c2python_func<QByteArray> : public c2python_func<const QByteArray &> { };
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *c2python_func<const std::string &>::operator() (const std::string &c);
+template <> struct c2python_func<std::string> : public c2python_func<const std::string &> { };
 
 template <>
 struct c2python_func<void *>
@@ -608,7 +616,8 @@ struct c2python_func<void *>
   }
 };
 
-template <> PyObject *c2python_func<const tl::Variant &>::operator() (const tl::Variant &c);
+template <> PYA_PUBLIC PyObject *c2python_func<const tl::Variant &>::operator() (const tl::Variant &c);
+template <> struct c2python_func<tl::Variant> : public c2python_func<const tl::Variant &> { };
 
 /**
  *  @brief Converts the Python object to the given type
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaMarshal.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaMarshal.cc
index 497f7763d..8a15730ef 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaMarshal.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaMarshal.cc
@@ -474,25 +474,25 @@ struct reader
   void operator() (gsi::SerialArgs *rr, PythonRef *ret, PyObject * /*self*/, const gsi::ArgType &arg, tl::Heap *heap)
   {
     if (arg.is_ref ()) {
-      *ret = c2python<R> (rr->template read<R &> (*heap));
+      *ret = c2python (rr->template read<R &> (*heap));
     } else if (arg.is_cref ()) {
-      *ret = c2python<R> (rr->template read<const R &> (*heap));
+      *ret = c2python (rr->template read<const R &> (*heap));
     } else if (arg.is_ptr ()) {
       R *p = rr->template read<R *> (*heap);
       if (p) {
-        *ret = c2python<R> (*p);
+        *ret = c2python (*p);
       } else {
         *ret = PythonRef (Py_None, false /*borrowed*/);
       }
     } else if (arg.is_cptr ()) {
       const R *p = rr->template read<const R *> (*heap);
       if (p) {
-        *ret = c2python<R> (*p);
+        *ret = c2python (*p);
       } else {
         *ret = PythonRef (Py_None, false /*borrowed*/);
       }
     } else {
-      *ret = c2python<R> (rr->template read<R> (*heap));
+      *ret = c2python (rr->template read<R> (*heap));
     }
   }
 };
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ struct reader<void *>
     tl_assert (! arg.is_ref ());
     tl_assert (! arg.is_cptr ());
     tl_assert (! arg.is_ptr ());
-    *ret = c2python<void *> (rr->read<void *> (*heap));
+    *ret = c2python (rr->read<void *> (*heap));
   }
 };
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ struct reader<gsi::StringType>
     if (!a.get ()) {
       *ret = PythonRef (Py_None, false /*borrowed*/);
     } else {
-      *ret = c2python<std::string> (std::string (a->c_str (), a->size ()));
+      *ret = c2python (std::string (a->c_str (), a->size ()));
     }
   }
 };
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ PyObject *object_from_variant (const tl::Variant &var, PYAObjectBase *self, cons
     return object_to_python ((void *) var.to_user (), self, var.user_cls ()->gsi_cls (), pass_obj, is_const, prefer_copy, can_destroy);
 
   } else {
-    return c2python<tl::Variant> (var);
+    return c2python (var);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.cc
index 0eb32b6c6..2b5f0f457 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.cc
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@
 namespace pya
 {
 
-// -------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  A metatype object to identify the pya types
-
-struct PYAMetaType : public PyTypeObject { };
-static PYAMetaType PYA_MetaType;
-
-struct PYATypeObject
-  : public PyTypeObject
-{
-  const gsi::ClassBase *cls;
-};
-
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  The lookup table for the method overload resolution
 
@@ -930,7 +918,7 @@ object_default_ne_impl (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   if (! res) {
     return NULL;
   } else {
-    return c2python<bool> (! python2c<bool> (res.get ()));
+    return c2python (! python2c<bool> (res.get ()));
   }
 }
 
@@ -947,7 +935,7 @@ object_default_ge_impl (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   if (! res) {
     return NULL;
   } else {
-    return c2python<bool> (! python2c<bool> (res.get ()));
+    return c2python (! python2c<bool> (res.get ()));
   }
 }
 
@@ -971,7 +959,7 @@ object_default_le_impl (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   if (! lt_res) {
     return NULL;
   }
-  return c2python<bool> (python2c<bool> (eq_res.get ()) || python2c<bool> (lt_res.get ()));
+  return c2python (python2c<bool> (eq_res.get ()) || python2c<bool> (lt_res.get ()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -994,7 +982,7 @@ object_default_gt_impl (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   if (! lt_res) {
     return NULL;
   }
-  return c2python<bool> (! (python2c<bool> (eq_res.get ()) || python2c<bool> (lt_res.get ())));
+  return c2python (! (python2c<bool> (eq_res.get ()) || python2c<bool> (lt_res.get ())));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1063,7 +1051,7 @@ object_destroyed (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  return c2python<bool> (((PYAObjectBase *) self)->destroyed ());
+  return c2python (((PYAObjectBase *) self)->destroyed ());
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1076,7 +1064,7 @@ object_is_const (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  return c2python<bool> (((PYAObjectBase *) self)->const_ref ());
+  return c2python (((PYAObjectBase *) self)->const_ref ());
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -2149,6 +2137,7 @@ property_setter_func (PyObject *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
 //  The PythonModule implementation
 
 std::map<const gsi::MethodBase *, std::string> PythonModule::m_python_doc;
+std::vector<const gsi::ClassBase *> PythonModule::m_classes;
 
 const std::string pymod_name ("pykl");
 
@@ -2350,16 +2339,10 @@ PythonModule::make_classes (const char *mod_name)
 
   m_base_class_name = m_mod_name + ".__Base";
 
-  //  Late-initialize PYA_MetaType (we can do this multiple times as the initialization does not
-  //  change anything). PYATypeObject adds one pointer member at the end.
-  memcpy(&PYA_MetaType, &PyType_Type, sizeof (PyType_Type));
-  PYA_MetaType.tp_basicsize += sizeof (void *);
-
-  PYATypeObject *base_class = (PYATypeObject *) PyType_Type.tp_alloc (&PYA_MetaType, sizeof (PYATypeObject));
+  PyTypeObject *base_class = (PyTypeObject *) PyType_Type.tp_alloc (&PyType_Type, 0);
   tl_assert (base_class != NULL);
   mp_base_class = PythonRef ((PyObject *) base_class);
 
-  base_class->cls = 0; // base class
   base_class->tp_base = &PyBaseObject_Type;
   base_class->tp_name = m_base_class_name.c_str ();
   base_class->tp_basicsize = sizeof (PYAObjectBase);
@@ -2442,6 +2425,11 @@ PythonModule::make_classes (const char *mod_name)
 
       any = true;
 
+
+      //  Create the actual class
+
+      m_classes.push_back (c.operator-> ());
+
       PythonRef bases (PyTuple_New (1));
       PyObject *base = mp_base_class.get ();
       if (c->base () != 0) {
@@ -2455,16 +2443,21 @@ PythonModule::make_classes (const char *mod_name)
       PythonRef dict (PyDict_New ());
       PyDict_SetItemString (dict.get (), "__module__", PythonRef (c2python (m_mod_name)).get ());
       PyDict_SetItemString (dict.get (), "__doc__", PythonRef (c2python (c->doc ())).get ());
+      PyDict_SetItemString (dict.get (), "__gsi_id__", PythonRef (c2python (m_classes.size () - 1)).get ());
 
       PythonRef args (PyTuple_New (3));
       PyTuple_SetItem (args.get (), 0, c2python (c->name ()));
       PyTuple_SetItem (args.get (), 1, bases.release ());
       PyTuple_SetItem (args.get (), 2, dict.release ());
 
-      PYATypeObject *type = (PYATypeObject *) PyObject_Call ((PyObject *) &PYA_MetaType, args.get (), NULL);
-      type->cls = c.operator-> ();
+      PyTypeObject *type = (PyTypeObject *) PyObject_Call ((PyObject *) &PyType_Type, args.get (), NULL);
+      if (type == NULL) {
+        check_error ();
+        tl_assert (false);
+      }
       PythonClassClientData::initialize (*c, type);
-      tl_assert (type != NULL);
+
+      tl_assert (cls_for_type (type) == c.operator-> ()); // @@@
 
       PyList_Append (all_list.get (), PythonRef (c2python (c->name ())).get ());
       PyModule_AddObject (module, c->name ().c_str (), (PyObject *) type);
@@ -2888,7 +2881,7 @@ PythonModule::make_classes (const char *mod_name)
         } else {
 
           PyObject *desc = PYAAmbiguousMethodDispatcher::create (attr_inst, attr_class);
-          PythonRef name (c2python<std::string> (*a));
+          PythonRef name (c2python (*a));
           //  Note: we use GenericSetAttr since that one allows us setting attributes on built-in types
           PyObject_GenericSetAttr ((PyObject *) type, name.get (), desc);
 
@@ -2910,14 +2903,19 @@ PythonModule::make_classes (const char *mod_name)
 
 const gsi::ClassBase *PythonModule::cls_for_type (PyTypeObject *type)
 {
-  while (type) {
-    //  all pya class use our own metatype
-    if (type->ob_type == &PYA_MetaType) {
-      return ((PYATypeObject *)type)->cls;
+  //  GSI classes store their class index inside the __gsi_id__ attribute
+  if (PyObject_HasAttrString ((PyObject *) type, "__gsi_id__")) {
+
+    PyObject *cls_id = PyObject_GetAttrString ((PyObject *) type, "__gsi_id__");
+    if (cls_id != NULL && pya::test_type<size_t> (cls_id)) {
+      size_t i = pya::python2c<size_t> (cls_id);
+      if (i < m_classes.size ()) {
+        return m_classes [i];
+      }
     }
-    //  not found - try base class
-    type = type->tp_base;
+
   }
+
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.h b/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.h
index 2bccf50ee..d68093d85 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.h
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaModule.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ private:
   char *mp_mod_def;
 
   static std::map<const gsi::MethodBase *, std::string> m_python_doc;
+  static std::vector<const gsi::ClassBase *> m_classes;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaObject.h b/src/pya/pya/pyaObject.h
index e786ecf41..78904abd8 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaObject.h
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaObject.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "tlObject.h"
 
 #include "pyaRefs.h"
+#include "pyaCommon.h"
 
 namespace pya
 {
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ private:
  *  Note: the PYAObjectBase must be directly derived from PyObject so that
  *  a PyObject pointer can be cast to a PYAObjectBase pointer.
  */
-class PYAObjectBase
+class PYA_PUBLIC PYAObjectBase
   : public PyObject
 {
 public:
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.cc
index a44a870ec..bc134d84b 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.cc
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ PyObject *PythonRef::release ()
 
 PythonPtr::PythonPtr ()
   : mp_obj (NULL)
-{ 
+{
   //  .. nothing yet ..
 }
 
 PythonPtr::PythonPtr (PyObject *obj)
   : mp_obj (obj)
-{ 
+{
   Py_XINCREF (obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.h b/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.h
index fe3a1f5aa..e1265b5aa 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.h
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaRefs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #ifndef _HDR_pyaRefs
 #define _HDR_pyaRefs
 
+#include "pyaCommon.h"
+
 struct _object;
 typedef _object PyObject;
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ class PythonPtr;
  *  borrowed references too. 
  *  PythonRef will basically become the owner of the referred object.
  */
-class PythonRef 
+class PYA_PUBLIC PythonRef
 {
 public:
   /**
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ private:
  *  This reference represents borrowed references. Upon construction and destruction, this
  *  object will automatically increment and decrement the reference count.
  */
-class PythonPtr 
+class PYA_PUBLIC PythonPtr
 {
 public:
   /**
diff --git a/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimedia.pro b/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimedia.pro
index e0c6ec121..07bb11055 100644
--- a/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimedia.pro
+++ b/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimedia.pro
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ SOURCES = \
 
 HEADERS += \
 
-LIBS += -lklayout_QtMultimedia
+LIBS += -lklayout_QtMultimedia -lklayout_QtNetwork
diff --git a/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimediaMain.cc b/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimediaMain.cc
index ebf03244d..321dbd69d 100644
--- a/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimediaMain.cc
+++ b/src/pymod/QtMultimedia/QtMultimediaMain.cc
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@
 #include "../../gsiqt/qtbasic/gsiQtMultimediaExternals.h"
 FORCE_LINK_GSI_QTMULTIMEDIA
 
+//  This is required because QAction and QWidget are used are arguments in QtGui, but are
+//  defined in QtWidgets
+#include "../../gsiqt/qtbasic/gsiQtNetworkExternals.h"
+FORCE_LINK_GSI_QTNETWORK
+
 DEFINE_PYMOD(QtMultimedia, "QtMultimedia", "KLayout/Qt module 'QtMultimedia'")
diff --git a/src/pymod/pymod.pri b/src/pymod/pymod.pri
index f4dcc6155..9f6ab1953 100644
--- a/src/pymod/pymod.pri
+++ b/src/pymod/pymod.pri
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ DESTDIR = $$OUT_PWD/..
 LIBDIR = $$OUT_PWD/../..
 DESTDIR_PYMOD = $$LIBDIR/pykl
 
-include($$PWD/../lib.pri)
+TEMPLATE = lib
+
+include($$PWD/../klayout.pri)
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PYTHONINCLUDE $$TL_INC $$GSI_INC $$PYA_INC
 DEPENDPATH += $$PYTHONINCLUDE $$TL_INC $$GSI_INC $$PYA_INC
diff --git a/src/pymod/pymod.pro b/src/pymod/pymod.pro
index 42dcaf917..ef24ef8d8 100644
--- a/src/pymod/pymod.pro
+++ b/src/pymod/pymod.pro
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ equals(HAVE_QTBINDINGS, "1") {
 }
 
 ALL_DIRS = $$SUBDIRS
+
 SUBDIRS += unit_tests
-unit_tests.depends += $$ALL_DIRS
+SUBDIRS += bridge_sample
+
+unit_tests.depends += $$ALL_DIRS bridge_sample