diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5eee72ab1..17ec19f15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ packaging/ios/install-root
 packaging/ios/Info.plist
 packaging/ios/Qt
 appdata/subsurface.appdata.xml
-.vscode
diff --git a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
index 494d95d20..b5e99926c 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
+++ b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@
 # MXE_TARGETS :=  i686-w64-mingw32.shared.posix.dw2
 #
 # # Uncomment the next line if you want to do debug builds later
-# # note this currently doesn't build on mxe version @180304a
 # # qtbase_CONFIGURE_OPTS=-debug-and-release
 #---
 # (documenting this in comments is hard... you need to remove
 # the first '#' of course)
 #
 # now you can start the build
-# look at the setting.mk ffrom scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/settings.mk
-# make libxml2 libxslt libusb1 libzip libssh2 libftdi1 curl qt5 nsis libgit2 qtwebkit hidapi
+#
+# make libxml2 libxslt libusb1 libzip libssh2 libftdi1 curl qt5 nsis
 #
 #     (if you intend to build Subsurface without user space FTDI support
 #      you can drop libftdi1 from that list and start this script with
@@ -45,8 +44,10 @@
 # Something like this:
 #
 # ~/src/mxe                    <- MXE git with Qt5, automake (see above)
+#      /grantlee               <- Grantlee 5.0.0 sources from git
 #      /subsurface             <- current subsurface git
 #      /googlemaps             <- Google Maps plugin for QtLocation from git
+#      /hidapi                 <- HIDAPI library for libdivecomputer
 #
 # ~/src/win32                  <- build directory
 #
@@ -137,6 +138,43 @@ else
 	touch Release
 fi
 
+# grantlee
+
+cd "$BUILDDIR"
+if [[ ! -d grantlee || -f build.grantlee ]] ; then
+	rm -f build.grantlee
+	mkdir -p grantlee
+	cd grantlee
+	"$MXEBUILDTYPE"-cmake \
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$RELEASE \
+		-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+		"$BASEDIR"/grantlee
+
+	make $JOBS
+	make install
+fi
+
+# hidapi for libdivecomputer (if available)
+
+if [[ -d "$BASEDIR"/hidapi ]] ; then
+	cd "$BUILDDIR"
+	if [[ ! -d hidapi || -f build.hidapi ]] ; then
+		rm -f build.hidapi
+		mkdir -p hidapi
+		pushd "$BASEDIR"/hidapi
+		bash ./bootstrap
+		popd
+		cd hidapi
+		"$BASEDIR"/hidapi/configure \
+			CC="$MXEBUILDTYPE"-gcc \
+			--host="$MXEBUILDTYPE" \
+			--prefix="$BASEDIR"/"$MXEDIR"/usr/"$MXEBUILDTYPE"
+		make $JOBS
+		make install
+	fi
+fi
+
+
 # libdivecomputer
 # ensure the git submodule is present and the autotools are set up
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/settings.mk b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/settings.mk
index 638e18f4a..aadfc4c6f 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/settings.mk
+++ b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/settings.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ JOBS := 6
 MXE_TARGETS :=  i686-w64-mingw32.shared
 
 # The three lines below makes `make` build these "local packages" instead of all packages.
-LOCAL_PKG_LIST := qtbase qtconnectivity qtdeclarative qtimageformats qtlocation qtmultimedia qtquickcontrols qtquickcontrols2 qtscript qtsvg qttools qttranslations qtwebview qtwebkit libxml2 libxslt libusb1 libgit2 nsis curl libzip libftdi1 hidapi grantlee
+LOCAL_PKG_LIST := qtbase qtconnectivity qtdeclarative qtimageformats qtlocation qtmultimedia qtquickcontrols qtquickcontrols2 qtscript qtsvg qttools qttranslations qtwebview qtwebkit libxml2 libxslt libusb1 libgit2 nsis curl libzip libftdi1
 .DEFAULT local-pkg-list:
 local-pkg-list: $(LOCAL_PKG_LIST)
 
diff --git a/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh b/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
index 0ae39880c..d12397537 100755
--- a/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CURRENT_LIBXML2="v2.9.4"
 CURRENT_LIBFTDI="1.3"
 CURRENT_KIRIGAMI="v5.62.0"
 CURRENT_BREEZE_ICONS=""
-CURRENT_GRANTLEE="master"
+CURRENT_GRANTLEE="v5.0.0"
 CURRENT_MDBTOOLS="master"
 CURRENT_QT_ANDROID_CMAKE="master"
 
diff --git a/scripts/windows-container/before_install.sh b/scripts/windows-container/before_install.sh
index 17012ae2f..f6b898c6d 100644
--- a/scripts/windows-container/before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/windows-container/before_install.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ autoreconf --install
 # the intended layout as seen inside the container is
 # /win/subsurface # sources that we are testing
 #     /win32      # binaries that are build
+#     /grantlee
 #     /libzip
+#     /hidapi
 #     /googlemaps
 #
 # the first two are mounted as volumes (this way we get access to the
@@ -41,7 +43,10 @@ docker exec -t builder apt-get install -y ca-certificates libtool
 
 # now set up our other dependencies
 # these are either not available in MXE, or a version that's too old
+docker exec -t builder bash subsurface/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single . libzip
+docker exec -t builder bash subsurface/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single . hidapi
 docker exec -t builder bash subsurface/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single . googlemaps
+docker exec -t builder bash subsurface/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single . grantlee
 
 # smtk2ssrf build
 docker exec -t builder bash subsurface/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single . mdbtools