diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 978ed23..15c106d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ For exporting the exodus file format used by Moose (https://github.com/idaholab/
 *	For Linux and Mac we suggest to link the static exodus library which comes along with libMesh (https://libmesh.github.io/) provided by Moose framework installation:
 	*	Set the EXODUS_LIBMESH variable to `true`
 	*	Define the path to the root directory of the `libmesh` installation using variable LIBMESH
+    *   Alternatively, ExodusII can be installed on Ubuntu/Debian via the system package manager:
+        ```bash
+        sudo apt install libexodusii-dev
+        ```
+        Then compile MeshIt with:
+        ```bash
+        qmake meshit.pro
+        make -j$(nproc)
+        ```
 
 *	For Windows you have to link the dynamic exodus library which will be provided by the package mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libexodus provided by the MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/) installation:
 	*	Set the EXODUS_LIBRARY variable to `true`
diff --git a/meshit.pro b/meshit.pro
index 48a114a..4ae729f 100644
--- a/meshit.pro
+++ b/meshit.pro
@@ -72,8 +72,18 @@ if($$EXODUS_LIBMESH) {
     LIBS += -L$$LIBMESH/lib -lmesh_opt
     QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,$$LIBMESH
 }else:if($$EXODUS_LIBRARY) {
-    INCLUDEPATH += . $$EXODUS_PATH/include
-    LIBS += $$EXODUS_PATH/bin/libexodus.dll
+    unix:!macx {
+        LIBS += -lexoIIv2c
+    }
+
+    win32-g++ {
+        INCLUDEPATH += . $$EXODUS_PATH/include
+        LIBS += $$EXODUS_PATH/bin/libexodus.dll
+    }
+    win32-msvc* {
+        INCLUDEPATH += . $$EXODUS_PATH/include
+        LIBS += $$EXODUS_PATH/bin/libexodus.dll
+    }
 }else{
     DEFINES += NOEXODUS
 }