diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dcf8e6fcad31c252c01d7d52a116fa740b47c21..15a503423d647a1cd0aa109c27d39f9d3d69ec77 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_EXTERNALS)
       Include(InstallParameter.cmake)
       Include(InstallInput.cmake)
       Include(InstallGeometry.cmake)
+      Include(InstallQa.cmake)
     endif()
 
   endif()
diff --git a/external/InstallQa.cmake b/external/InstallQa.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1267304ff24a4d77b4ae999ceb5d33b89d5933a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/InstallQa.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set(QA_VERSION 4d77482c4fc9af8cf86311f077138a251aad0530)
+
+set(QA_SRC_URL "https://git.cbm.gsi.de/CbmSoft/cbmroot_qa.git")
+
+download_project_if_needed(PROJECT         QA_source
+                           GIT_REPOSITORY  ${QA_SRC_URL}
+                           GIT_TAG         ${QA_VERSION}
+                           SOURCE_DIR      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qa
+                           TEST_FILE       README.md
+                          )
+