diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ddc2c4cc1..7bb843515 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,17 +53,12 @@ SET( ASSIMP_BIN_INSTALL_DIR "bin" CACHE PATH
 SET(ASSIMP_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" CACHE STRING "Debug Postfitx for lib, samples and tools")
 
 # Allow the user to build a static library
-option ( BUILD_SHARED_LIB "Build a shared version of the library" ON )
+option ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build a shared version of the library" ON )
 
 # Generate a pkg-config .pc for the Assimp library.
 CONFIGURE_FILE( "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp.pc.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp.pc" @ONLY )
 INSTALL( FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp.pc" DESTINATION ${ASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/pkgconfig/ COMPONENT ${LIBASSIMP-DEV_COMPONENT})
 
-# cmake configuration files
-configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake.in"         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake" @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
-configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake" @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake"             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake" DESTINATION "${ASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/assimp-${ASSIMP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ASSIMP_VERSION_MINOR}" COMPONENT ${LIBASSIMP-DEV_COMPONENT})
-
 # Only generate this target if no higher-level project already has
 IF (NOT TARGET uninstall)
 	# add make uninstall capability
@@ -95,6 +90,10 @@ ELSE ( ASSIMP_ENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND )
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 ENDIF ( ASSIMP_ENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND )
 
+# cmake configuration files
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake.in"         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake" @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake" @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config.cmake"             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp-config-version.cmake" DESTINATION "${ASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/assimp-${ASSIMP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ASSIMP_VERSION_MINOR}" COMPONENT ${LIBASSIMP-DEV_COMPONENT})
 
 SET ( ASSIMP_NO_EXPORT OFF CACHE BOOL
 	"Disable Assimp's export functionality." 
diff --git a/assimp-config.cmake.in b/assimp-config.cmake.in
index e8b505cef..0cc380bd1 100644
--- a/assimp-config.cmake.in
+++ b/assimp-config.cmake.in
@@ -47,18 +47,16 @@ endif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE EQUAL "DEBUG")
 # the boost version assimp was compiled with
 set( ASSIMP_Boost_VERSION "@Boost_MAJOR_VERSION@.@Boost_MINOR_VERSION@")
 
-if( WIN32 )
-  # search for the boost version assimp was compiled with
-  set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREAD ON)
-  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
-  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
-  find_package(Boost ${ASSIMP_Boost_VERSION} EXACT COMPONENTS thread date_time)
-  if(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
-    set( ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS "${ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS}" ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  else(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
-    message(WARNING "Failed to find Boost ${ASSIMP_Boost_VERSION} necessary for assimp")
-  endif(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
-endif( WIN32 )
+# search for the boost version assimp was compiled with
+set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREAD ON)
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
+find_package(Boost ${ASSIMP_Boost_VERSION} EXACT COMPONENTS thread date_time)
+if(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
+	set( ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS "${ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS}" ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+else(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
+	message(WARNING "Failed to find Boost ${ASSIMP_Boost_VERSION} necessary for assimp")
+endif(Boost_VERSION AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
 
 # for compatibility wiht pkg-config
 set(ASSIMP_CFLAGS_OTHER "${ASSIMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/WriteDumb.cpp b/tools/assimp_cmd/WriteDumb.cpp
index d33a83f64..669e71b3a 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/WriteDumb.cpp
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/WriteDumb.cpp
@@ -808,6 +808,27 @@ const char* TextureTypeToString(aiTextureType in)
 }
 
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Some chuncks of text will need to be encoded for XML
+// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5665231/most-efficient-way-to-escape-xml-html-in-c-string#5665377
+static std::string encodeXML(const std::string& data) {
+    std::string buffer;
+    buffer.reserve(data.size());
+    for(size_t pos = 0; pos != data.size(); ++pos) {
+        switch(data[pos]) {
+            case '&':  buffer.append("&");       break;
+            case '\"': buffer.append(""");      break;
+            case '\'': buffer.append("'");      break;
+            case '<':  buffer.append("&lt;");        break;
+            case '>':  buffer.append("&gt;");        break;
+            default:   buffer.append(&data[pos], 1); break;
+        }
+    }
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Write a text model dump
 void WriteDump(const aiScene* scene, FILE* out, const char* src, const char* cmd, bool shortened)
@@ -1014,7 +1035,7 @@ void WriteDump(const aiScene* scene, FILE* out, const char* src, const char* cmd
 					}
 				}
 				else if (prop->mType == aiPTI_String) {
-					fprintf(out,">\n\t\t\t\"%s\"",prop->mData+4 /* skip length */);
+					fprintf(out,">\n\t\t\t\t\"%s\"",encodeXML(prop->mData+4).c_str() /* skip length */);
 				}
 				fprintf(out,"\n\t\t\t</MatProperty>\n");
 			}