diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 81d532fbe2..ebf830e354 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ option(GET_SOXR "Get Soxr library automatically as external project" 1)
 option(GET_TBB "Get Threading Building Blocks library automatically as external project" 1)
 option(GET_LIBOVR "Get LibOVR library automatically as external project" 1)
 option(USE_NSIGHT "Attempt to find the nSight libraries" 1)
+option(GET_VHACD "Get V-HACD library automatically as external project" 1)
 
 if (WIN32)
   option(GET_GLEW "Get GLEW library automatically as external project" 1)
diff --git a/cmake/externals/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eae9d7e59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/externals/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+set(EXTERNAL_NAME vhacd)
+
+if (ANDROID)
+  set(ANDROID_CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=19")
+endif ()
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(
+  ${EXTERNAL_NAME}
+  URL http://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/v-hacd-master.zip
+  URL_MD5 81d6244ac204db5ba27305e2e8e210ad
+  CMAKE_ARGS ${ANDROID_CMAKE_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
+  BINARY_DIR ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PREFIX}/build
+  LOG_DOWNLOAD 1
+  LOG_CONFIGURE 1
+  LOG_BUILD 1
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} INSTALL_DIR)
+
+string(TOUPPER ${EXTERNAL_NAME} EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER)
+
+if (WIN32)
+  set(LIBRARY_FILENAME ${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}.lib)
+else ()
+  set(LIBRARY_FILENAME lib${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}.a)
+endif ()
+
+set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${INSTALL_DIR}/include CACHE FILEPATH "Path to V-HACD include directory")
+set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARIES ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/${LIBRARY_FILENAME} CACHE FILEPATH "Path to V-HACD library")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindVHACD.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindVHACD.cmake
index 03e30b41d4..2a920381d7 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindVHACD.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindVHACD.cmake
@@ -19,38 +19,8 @@
 include("${MACRO_DIR}/HifiLibrarySearchHints.cmake")
 hifi_library_search_hints("vhacd")
 
-macro(_FIND_VHACD_LIBRARY _var)
-  set(_${_var}_NAMES ${ARGN})
-  find_library(${_var}_LIBRARY_RELEASE
-     NAMES ${_${_var}_NAMES}
-     HINTS
-        ${VHACD_SEARCH_DIRS}
-		$ENV{VHACD_ROOT_DIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib/Release
-  )
-    
-  find_library(${_var}_LIBRARY_DEBUG
-     NAMES ${_${_var}_NAMES}
-     HINTS
-        ${VHACD_SEARCH_DIRS}
-		$ENV{VHACD_ROOT_DIR}
-        PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib/Debug
-  )
-  
-  select_library_configurations(${_var})
-  
-  mark_as_advanced(${_var}_LIBRARY)
-  mark_as_advanced(${_var}_LIBRARY)
-endmacro()
-  
-
-find_path(VHACD_INCLUDE_DIRS VHACD.h PATH_SUFFIXES include HINTS ${VHACD_SEARCH_DIRS} $ENV{VHACD_ROOT_DIR})
-if(NOT WIN32)
-_FIND_VHACD_LIBRARY(VHACD libVHACD.a)
-else()
-_FIND_VHACD_LIBRARY(VHACD VHACD_LIB)
-endif()
-set(VHACD_LIBRARIES ${VHACD_LIBRARY})
+find_path(VHACD_INCLUDE_DIRS VHACD.h PATH_SUFFIXES include HINTS ${VHACD_SEARCH_DIRS})
+find_library(VHACD_LIBRARIES VHACD PATH_SUFFIXES lib HINTS ${VHACD_SEARCH_DIRS})
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(VHACD "Could NOT find VHACD, try to set the path to VHACD root folder in the system variable VHACD_ROOT_DIR or create a directory vhacd in HIFI_LIB_DIR and paste the necessary files there"
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index ba2938aaa6..55994f3d89 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 # add the tool directories
 add_subdirectory(mtc)
 set_target_properties(mtc PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tools")
+
 add_subdirectory(scribe)
 set_target_properties(scribe PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tools")
 
+add_subdirectory(vhacd-util)
+set_target_properties(vhacd-util PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tools")
 
-find_package(VHACD)
-if(VHACD_FOUND)
-add_subdirectory(vhacd)
-# set_target_properties(vhacd PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tools")
-endif()
diff --git a/tools/vhacd-util/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/vhacd-util/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b511922520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vhacd-util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+set(TARGET_NAME vhacd-util)
+setup_hifi_project(Core Widgets)
+link_hifi_libraries(shared fbx model gpu)
+
+add_dependency_external_projects(vhacd)
+
+find_package(VHACD REQUIRED)
+target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC ${VHACD_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${VHACD_LIBRARIES})
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+    find_package(Threads)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+
+    # include(FindOpenMP)
+    # if(OPENMP_FOUND)
+    #    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
+    #    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    #    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+    # endif()
+endif ()
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtil.cpp b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
rename to tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtil.h b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtil.h
rename to tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.h
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtilApp.cpp b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtilApp.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtilApp.cpp
rename to tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtilApp.cpp
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtilApp.h b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtilApp.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vhacd/src/VHACDUtilApp.h
rename to tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtilApp.h
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/src/main.cpp b/tools/vhacd-util/src/main.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vhacd/src/main.cpp
rename to tools/vhacd-util/src/main.cpp
diff --git a/tools/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f003b685e0..0000000000
--- a/tools/vhacd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-set(TARGET_NAME vhacd-util)
-setup_hifi_project(Core Widgets)
-link_hifi_libraries(shared model fbx gpu networking octree)
-
-#find_package(VHACD REQUIRED) done in CMakeList.txt in parent directory
-target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC ${VHACD_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${VHACD_LIBRARIES})
-
-if(NOT WIN32)
-    find_package( Threads)
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-
-    include(FindOpenMP)
-    if(OPENMP_FOUND)
-        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
-        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
-   endif()
-endif()
-
-add_dependency_external_projects(glm)
-find_package(GLM REQUIRED)
-target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC ${GLM_INCLUDE_DIRS})