diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c2c6f44a7209b791441590f56c2856664ae1fd71..6ac5b2f1cfe2acacf2ac35001ce8640261c30265 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,13 +27,20 @@ message(STATUS "C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}, version: "
 message(STATUS "AR tools: ${CMAKE_AR}")
 
 if(WIN32)
+    option(MSVC_STATIC_CRT "use static C Runtime library by default" ON)
+
     set(CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION ON)
     set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX lib)
     add_definitions("/DGOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL=")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE  "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
+    
+    if (MSVC_STATIC_CRT)
+        message(STATUS "Use static C runtime time, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/crt-library-features?view=vs-2019")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE  "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
+    endif()
+    
     add_compile_options(/wd4068 /wd4129 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4297 /wd4530 /wd4577 /wd4819 /wd4838)
     set(PADDLE_LINK_FLAGS "/IGNORE:4006 /IGNORE:4098 /IGNORE:4217 /IGNORE:4221")
     set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PADDLE_LINK_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
index 09eb437aede4364f8aa285d5296f21cd8460fca1..e746a7a50a8573b8b3c2e8f461cc03cd3906a0c0 100644
--- a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ FUNCTION(build_protobuf TARGET_NAME BUILD_FOR_HOST)
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PROTOBUF_INSTALL_DIR}
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+            -Dprotobuf_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME=${MSVC_STATIC_CRT}
         CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${PROTOBUF_INSTALL_DIR}
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_TYPE}
diff --git a/cmake/flags.cmake b/cmake/flags.cmake
index fce1bd36ac9c3f6fb8b04f4ea185198025655dc2..4a5e59e26118c26852fcdc2294916967c454c1cf 100644
--- a/cmake/flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/flags.cmake
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ foreach(flag ${GPU_COMMON_FLAGS})
     safe_set_nvflag(${flag})
 endforeach()
 
-if(WIN32)
+if(WIN32 AND MSVC_STATIC_CRT)
 # windows build turn off warnings.
 safe_set_static_flag()
     foreach(flag_var
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
index aa31823eeaf8ef0fc55f1bb1f8814c2606d9b437..113302b7e2adf4c79b20b2a2fe8e12f06dd3488f 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/demo_ci/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ link_directories("${PADDLE_LIB}/paddle/lib")
 
 if (WIN32)
   add_definitions("/DGOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL=")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE  "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
-  if (WITH_STATIC_LIB)
-    safe_set_static_flag()
-    add_definitions(-DSTATIC_LIB)
+  if (MSVC_STATIC_CRT)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE  "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /bigobj /MTd")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /bigobj /MT")
+    if (WITH_STATIC_LIB)
+      safe_set_static_flag()
+      add_definitions(-DSTATIC_LIB)
+    endif()
   endif()
 else()
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc b/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
index 6605b8938a130544ef25ccd6e7f482054050a602..0b9b61dbc5797c334837546ced588baafd1493b9 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ DEFINE_int32(multiple_of_cupti_buffer_size, 1,
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define strdup _strdup
+#endif
+
 std::once_flag gflags_init_flag;
 std::once_flag p2p_init_flag;