diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c84e19a..6ac11d2b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ if (OPENDHT_C)
     target_compile_definitions(opendht-c PRIVATE OPENDHT_C_BUILD)
     target_link_libraries(opendht-c PRIVATE opendht)
     set_target_properties (opendht-c PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR} VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
+    if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        set_target_properties(opendht-c PROPERTIES MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+    endif()
     install (TARGETS opendht-c DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} EXPORT opendht-c)
 
     # PkgConfig module