diff --git a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
index 4e98e4bf889bc13938931be7f6cb204c83250a5c..95ca16f57f2704eaded85aa5f5c0546310fba3a7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gflags extern_gflags)
 
 LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gflags)
 
+# On Windows (including MinGW), the Shlwapi library is used by gflags if available.
+if (WIN32)
+  include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
+  check_include_file_cxx("shlwapi.h" HAVE_SHLWAPI)
+  if (HAVE_SHLWAPI)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES shlwapi.lib)
+  endif(HAVE_SHLWAPI)
+endif (WIN32)
+
 IF(WITH_C_API)
   INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR} DESTINATION third_party/gflags)
   IF(ANDROID)
diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 05293b8b06b55bb0b83a30c7eb059efe0b61e57e..63820fd4f0ad1718beda71048e4333596de80dbe 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ function(cc_binary TARGET_NAME)
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_DEPS})
     common_link(${TARGET_NAME})
   endif()
+  get_property(os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${os_dependency_modules})
 endfunction(cc_binary)
 
 function(cc_test TARGET_NAME)
@@ -367,18 +369,15 @@ function(cc_test TARGET_NAME)
     set(oneValueArgs "")
     set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS ARGS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(cc_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+    add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_SRCS})
     if(WIN32)
-      list(APPEND win32_deps shlwapi)
       if("${cc_test_DEPS};" MATCHES "python;")
         list(REMOVE_ITEM cc_test_DEPS python)
-        list(APPEND win32_deps ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
       endif()
     endif(WIN32)
-    add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_SRCS})
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
-    if(WIN32)
-      target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${win32_deps})
-    endif(WIN32)
+    get_property(os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS} ${os_dependency_modules} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
     common_link(${TARGET_NAME})
     add_test(NAME ${TARGET_NAME}
@@ -451,7 +450,8 @@ function(nv_test TARGET_NAME)
     set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(nv_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     cuda_add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_SRCS})
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
+    get_property(os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog ${os_dependency_modules})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
     common_link(${TARGET_NAME})
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ function(hip_test TARGET_NAME)
     endif()
     add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${_cmake_options} ${_generated_files} ${_sources})
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE HIP)
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${hip_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main memory gtest gflags)
+    get_property(os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${hip_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main memory gtest gflags ${os_dependency_modules})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${hip_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main memory gtest gflags)
     common_link(${TARGET_NAME})
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
index fa2752e9158d8136c3c7aee34651b37096f009d1..19ef402d6fd78d6a65bdb0bbd22198f36b872a27 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ else()
       ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}glog  ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gflags  ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}protobuf
       ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snappy ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}z ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}xxhash
       snappystream ${EXTERNAL_LIB})
-  # NOTE(dzhwinter) shlwapi is deprecated.
-  set(DEPS ${DEPS} libcmt shlwapi)
+  get_property(os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+  set(DEPS ${DEPS} libcmt ${os_dependency_modules})
 endif(NOT WIN32)
 
 if(WITH_GPU)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/inference/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index cfb80fe6ec11a55a887c7552ec4e6a8a0c6a2fce..c43eaf7f9849ee4a88ed95bdb8b6966da8760435 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@ cc_library(benchmark SRCS benchmark.cc DEPS enforce)
 cc_test(test_benchmark SRCS benchmark_tester.cc DEPS benchmark)
 cc_binary(visualizer SRCS visualizer.cc DEPS analysis
     paddle_pass_builder ir_pass_manager pass graph_viz_pass analysis_passes)
-if(WIN32)
-  target_link_libraries(visualizer shlwapi)
-endif(WIN32)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/cuda_helper_test.cu b/paddle/fluid/platform/cuda_helper_test.cu
index 466bf90c63c1496883995819cdcb19f846e4a302..9e3025bf30b8849472e33a71228eb16814157b21 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/cuda_helper_test.cu
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/cuda_helper_test.cu
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <numeric>
+#endif
 #include <random>
 
 #define PADDLE_CUDA_FP16
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h b/paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h
index 98afe843c0035ec14ad874508dc02b8d1d3d359c..c203f4e04a28452807a42bbdaf75e89977772a04 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
 #define PADDLE_ALIGN(x) __attribute__((aligned(x)))
 #else
-#define PADDLE_ALIGN(x) /*do nothing*/
+#define PADDLE_ALIGN(x) __declspec(align(x))
 #endif
 
 namespace paddle {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/float16_test.cu b/paddle/fluid/platform/float16_test.cu
index b1b51d804e02f233bcd16149005092dc80e9c79d..14cad927f06551ebbfbf1d166ae250c18591dd6b 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/float16_test.cu
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/float16_test.cu
@@ -271,11 +271,13 @@ TEST(float16, isinf) {
   float16 b = float16(INFINITY);
   // underflow to 0
   float16 native_a(5e-40f);
-  // overflow to inf
-  float16 native_b(5e40f);
   EXPECT_EQ(std::isinf(a), true);
   EXPECT_EQ(std::isinf(b), true);
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  // overflow to inf
+  float16 native_b(5e40f);
   EXPECT_EQ(std::isinf(native_b), true);
+#endif
   EXPECT_EQ(native_a, float16(0));
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
index 2545f5312f4c1799dc656dc51114421d794ba72e..ca2764e64f6b85450efb257f94498169d40ccff8 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     endif(NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT WIN32)
   endif(WITH_AMD_GPU)
 
-  if(WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(paddle_pybind shlwapi)
-  endif(WIN32)
+  get_property (os_dependency_modules GLOBAL PROPERTY OS_DEPENDENCY_MODULES)
+  target_link_libraries(paddle_pybind ${os_dependency_modules})
 
   cc_test(tensor_py_test SRCS tensor_py_test.cc DEPS python)
 endif(WITH_PYTHON)