diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 42cf25571173cfbf99bb168e02fc0d7ba1f5fe1d..0179b0b43733ebc42da850df8364edba73924d6d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ if(${MGE_ARCH} STREQUAL "x86_64" OR ${MGE_ARCH} STREQUAL "i386" OR ${MGE_ARCH} S
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC OR WIN32)
+    # for cmake after 3.15.2
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
+    if(${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
+        set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreadedDebug")
+    else()
+        set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded")
+    endif()
+
     add_compile_definitions(NOMINMAX=1 _USE_MATH_DEFINES=1 WIN32=1)
     message("-- into windows build...")
     message("-- CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}")
diff --git a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
index a0721270404742893ae222c738337f93882fc94b..a594206f28a8bc19ed37a4bab0de14400eabf20a 100644
--- a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ if (APPLE)
 elseif (MSVC OR WIN32)
     # Windows does not support implicitly importing data members from DLL.
     target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE megbrain megdnn)
+    message("-- CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY: ${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
+    set_target_properties(${MODULE_NAME} PROPERTIES MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
 else()
     target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE megengine_export -Wl,--version-script=${VERSION_SCRIPT})
 endif()