diff --git a/src/graphic/QskGraphic.cpp b/src/graphic/QskGraphic.cpp
index e893ac18..2f243be3 100644
--- a/src/graphic/QskGraphic.cpp
+++ b/src/graphic/QskGraphic.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ static inline void qskExecCommand(
     }
 }
 
-namespace
+/*
+    To avoid subobject-linkage warnings, when including the source code in
+    svg2qvg we don't use an anonymous namespace here
+ */
+namespace QskGraphicPrivate
 {
     class PathInfo
     {
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ class QskGraphic::PrivateData : public QSharedData
 
     QSizeF defaultSize;
     QVector< QskPainterCommand > commands;
-    QVector< PathInfo > pathInfos;
+    QVector< QskGraphicPrivate::PathInfo > pathInfos;
 
     QRectF boundingRect;
     QRectF pointRect;
@@ -856,7 +860,7 @@ void QskGraphic::drawPath( const QPainterPath& path )
         updateControlPointRect( pointRect );
         updateBoundingRect( boundingRect );
 
-        m_data->pathInfos += PathInfo( pointRect,
+        m_data->pathInfos += QskGraphicPrivate::PathInfo( pointRect,
             boundingRect, qskHasScalablePen( painter ) );
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/svg2qvg/main.cpp b/tools/svg2qvg/main.cpp
index 5d03544e..0eb5aa7d 100644
--- a/tools/svg2qvg/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/svg2qvg/main.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
  * This file may be used under the terms of the QSkinny License, Version 1.0
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#if defined(QSK_STANDALONE)
+#include <QskGraphic.cpp>
+#include <QskRgbValue.cpp>
+#include <QskColorFilter.cpp>
+#include <QskPainterCommand.cpp>
+#include <QskGraphicPaintEngine.cpp>
+#include <QskGraphicIO.cpp>
+#else
 #include <QskGraphicIO.h>
 #include <QskGraphic.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QDebug>
diff --git a/tools/svg2qvg/svg2qvg.pro b/tools/svg2qvg/svg2qvg.pro
index 3bdd1840..09326311 100644
--- a/tools/svg2qvg/svg2qvg.pro
+++ b/tools/svg2qvg/svg2qvg.pro
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ TEMPLATE     = app
 
 QT += svg
 
+CONFIG += standalone
+
 QSK_DIRS = \
     $${QSK_ROOT}/src/common \
     $${QSK_ROOT}/src/graphic
@@ -16,12 +18,23 @@ DEPENDPATH  += $${QSK_DIRS}
 
 DESTDIR      = $${QSK_OUT_ROOT}/tools/bin
 
-QMAKE_RPATHDIR *= $${QSK_OUT_ROOT}/lib
-LIBS *= -L$${QSK_OUT_ROOT}/lib -lqskinny
+standalone {
 
-contains(QSK_CONFIG, QskDll) {
-    DEFINES    += QSK_DLL
-} 
+    # We only need a very small subset of QSkinny and by including the 
+    # necessary cpp files svg2qvg becomes independent from the library
+
+    DEFINES += QSK_STANDALONE
+
+}
+else {
+
+    QMAKE_RPATHDIR *= $${QSK_OUT_ROOT}/lib
+    LIBS *= -L$${QSK_OUT_ROOT}/lib -lqskinny
+
+    contains(QSK_CONFIG, QskDll) {
+        DEFINES    += QSK_DLL
+    }
+}
 
 TARGET = svg2qvg