diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 21c17e9ea..33f1052bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ message("-- CXXFLAGS: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 # this must be an include, as a function it would messs up with variable scope!
 include(EthDependencies)
+include(EthExecutableHelper)
 
 createBuildInfo()
 
diff --git a/alethzero/EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in b/EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in
similarity index 100%
rename from alethzero/EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in
rename to EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in
diff --git a/alethzero/CMakeLists.txt b/alethzero/CMakeLists.txt
index a8d258efc..b72491984 100644
--- a/alethzero/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/alethzero/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,43 +3,29 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0015 NEW)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
 # this policy was introduced in cmake 3.0
 # remove if, once 3.0 will be used on unix
-if (APPLE)
+if (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} GREATER 2)
 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0043 OLD)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
-include_directories(..)
+
 include_directories(${JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include_directories(..)
 
 qt5_wrap_ui(ui_Main.h Main.ui)
 
-# Set name of binary and add_executable()
 file(GLOB HEADERS "*.h")
+
 if (APPLE)
 	set(EXECUTABLE AlethZero)
-	set(BIN_INSTALL_DIR ".")
-	set(DOC_INSTALL_DIR ".")
-
-	set(PROJECT_VERSION "${ETH_VERSION}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_STRING "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_COPYRIGHT "${PROJECT_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} ${PROJECT_VENDOR}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "${PROJECT_DOMAIN_SECOND}.${PROJECT_DOMAIN_FIRST}")
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME ${EXECUTABLE})
-	set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE alethzero)
-	include(BundleUtilities)
-
-	add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} MACOSX_BUNDLE alethzero.icns Main.ui ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
-	set_target_properties(${EXECUTABLE} PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in")
-	SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${EXECUTABLE} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION MacOS)
-	SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE}.icns PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION "Resources")
 else ()
 	set(EXECUTABLE alethzero)
-	add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} Main.ui ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
 endif ()
+	
+# eth_add_executable is defined in cmake/EthExecutableHelper.cmake
+# including SRC_LIST && HEADERS is implicit
+eth_add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} ICON alethzero)
 
 add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE} BuildInfo.h)
 
@@ -60,48 +46,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} devcore)
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} web3jsonrpc)
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} jsqrc)
 
-if (APPLE)
-	# First have qt5 install plugins and frameworks
-	# replace CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH with QT_PATH ?
-	add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
-		
-	# This tool and next will inspect linked libraries in order to determine which dependencies are required
-	if (${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} STREQUAL ".")
-		set(APP_BUNDLE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app")
-	else ()
-		set(APP_BUNDLE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/\$ENV{CONFIGURATION}/${EXECUTABLE}.app")
-	endif ()
-	install(CODE "
-		include(BundleUtilities)
-		set(BU_CHMOD_BUNDLE_ITEMS 1)
-		fixup_bundle(\"${APP_BUNDLE_PATH}\" \"${BUNDLELIBS}\" \"../libqethereum ../libethereum ../secp256k1\")
-		" COMPONENT RUNTIME )
-	# Cleanup duplicate libs from macdeployqt
-	install(CODE "
-		file(GLOB LINGER_RM \"${APP_BUNDLE_PATH}/Contents/Frameworks/*.dylib\")
-		if (LINGER_RM)
-			file(REMOVE \${LINGER_RM})
-		endif ()
-	")
-elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
-	install( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-
-	file (GLOB DLLS ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/*.dll)
-
-	foreach(DLL ${DLLS})
-		add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
-			COMMAND cmake -E copy ${DLL} $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${EXECUTABLE}>
-		)
-	endforeach()
-
-	add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND cmake -E copy_directory
-		"${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/plugins/platforms"
-		$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${EXECUTABLE}>/platforms
-	)
-else()
-	install( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-endif ()
+# eth_install_executable is defined in cmake/EthExecutableHelper.cmake
+eth_install_executable(${EXECUTABLE})
 
diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 8d65bc62b..31f9420ad 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # by defining this variable, cmake will look for dependencies first in our own repository before looking in system paths like /usr/local/ ...
 # this must be set to point to the same directory as $ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR in /extdep directory
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} _system_name)
-set (CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extdep/install/${_system_name}")
-set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR})
+set (ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extdep/install/${_system_name}")
+set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 # Qt5 requires opengl
 # TODO use proper version of windows SDK (32 vs 64)
diff --git a/cmake/EthExecutableHelper.cmake b/cmake/EthExecutableHelper.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3196389f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/EthExecutableHelper.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#
+# this function requires the following variables to be specified:
+# ETH_VERSION
+# PROJECT_NAME
+# PROJECT_VERSION
+# PROJECT_COPYRIGHT_YEAR
+# PROJECT_VENDOR
+# PROJECT_DOMAIN_SECOND
+# PROJECT_DOMAIN_FIRST
+# SRC_LIST
+# HEADERS
+#
+# params:
+# ICON
+#
+
+macro(eth_add_executable EXECUTABLE)
+	set (extra_macro_args ${ARGN})
+	set (options)
+	set (one_value_args ICON)
+	set (multi_value_args)
+	cmake_parse_arguments (ETH_ADD_EXECUTABLE "${options}" "${one_value_args}" "${multi_value_args}" "${extra_macro_args}")
+
+	if (APPLE)
+
+		add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} MACOSX_BUNDLE alethzero.icns Main.ui ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
+		set(PROJECT_VERSION "${ETH_VERSION}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_STRING "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_COPYRIGHT "${PROJECT_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} ${PROJECT_VENDOR}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "${PROJECT_DOMAIN_SECOND}.${PROJECT_DOMAIN_FIRST}")
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME ${EXECUTABLE})
+		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE ${ETH_ADD_EXECUTABLE_ICON})
+		set_target_properties(${EXECUTABLE} PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/EthereumMacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in")
+		set_source_files_properties(${EXECUTABLE} PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION MacOS)
+		set_source_files_properties(${MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE}.icns PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources)
+
+	else ()
+		add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} Main.ui ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
+	endif()
+
+endmacro()
+
+# 
+# this function requires the following variables to be specified:
+# ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR
+#
+
+macro(eth_install_executable EXECUTABLE)
+
+	if (APPLE)
+		# First have qt5 install plugins and frameworks
+		add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+			
+		# This tool and next will inspect linked libraries in order to determine which dependencies are required
+		if (${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} STREQUAL ".")
+			set(APP_BUNDLE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app")
+		else ()
+			set(APP_BUNDLE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/\$ENV{CONFIGURATION}/${EXECUTABLE}.app")
+		endif ()
+
+		# TODO check, how fixup_bundle works and if it is required
+		install(CODE "
+			include(BundleUtilities)
+			set(BU_CHMOD_BUNDLE_ITEMS 1)
+			fixup_bundle(\"${APP_BUNDLE_PATH}\" \"${BUNDLELIBS}\" \"../libqethereum ../libethereum ../secp256k1\")
+			" COMPONENT RUNTIME )
+		# Cleanup duplicate libs from macdeployqt
+		install(CODE "
+			file(GLOB LINGER_RM \"${APP_BUNDLE_PATH}/Contents/Frameworks/*.dylib\")
+			if (LINGER_RM)
+				file(REMOVE \${LINGER_RM})
+			endif ()
+		")
+	elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
+
+		# copy all dlls to executable directory
+		file (GLOB DLLS ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/*.dll)
+
+		foreach(DLL ${DLLS})
+			add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
+				COMMAND cmake -E copy ${DLL} $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${EXECUTABLE}>
+			)
+		endforeach()
+
+		add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND cmake -E copy_directory
+			"${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/plugins/platforms"
+			$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${EXECUTABLE}>/platforms
+		)
+		
+		install( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+	else()
+		install( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+	endif ()
+
+endmacro()
+
+
diff --git a/extdep/CMakeLists.txt b/extdep/CMakeLists.txt
index ea708fbe3..bfba8e962 100644
--- a/extdep/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extdep/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ else()
 	if (APPLE)
 		eth_download(snappy OSX_SCRIPT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/snappy_osx.sh)
 	endif()
+
 	eth_download(leveldb OSX_SCRIPT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/leveldb_osx.sh)
 	eth_download(qt)
 	eth_download(cryptopp)
diff --git a/mix/CMakeLists.txt b/mix/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f73c546b..e36bf3812 100644
--- a/mix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} jsqrc)
 if (APPLE)
 	# First have qt5 install plugins and frameworks
 	add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt -qmldir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
+		COMMAND ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt -qmldir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 
 	# This tool and next will inspect linked libraries in order to determine which dependencies are required
diff --git a/third/CMakeLists.txt b/third/CMakeLists.txt
index b28210719..9c8a9e4f0 100644
--- a/third/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} jsqrc)
 if (APPLE)
 	# First have qt5 install plugins and frameworks
 	add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE} POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
+		COMMAND ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/macdeployqt ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/${EXECUTABLE}.app
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 		
 	# This tool and next will inspect linked libraries in order to determine which dependencies are required