diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 317f7f9eb46a96e9f6ea393abf82d608af50fc4b..b1d0abdf2ceb4cf338dde782a97a6df906149655 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ message(STATUS "CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}, version: "
         "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}, version: "
         "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}")
+if(WIN32)
+    set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX lib)
+endif(WIN32)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     find_package(CUDA QUIET)
@@ -165,7 +168,6 @@ include(external/python)    # download, build, install python
 include(external/openblas)  # download, build, install openblas
 include(external/mkldnn)    # download, build, install mkldnn
 include(external/swig)      # download, build, install swig
-include(external/warpctc)   # download, build, install warpctc
 include(external/boost)     # download boost
 include(external/any)       # download libn::any
 include(external/eigen)     # download eigen3
@@ -173,6 +175,14 @@ include(external/pybind11)  # download pybind11
 include(external/cares)
 include(external/cub)
 
+if (NOT WIN32)
+# there is no official support of snappystream, warpctc, nccl, cupti in windows
+include(external/snappy)    # download snappy
+include(external/snappystream) # download snappystream
+include(external/warpctc)   # download, build, install warpctc
+include(cupti)
+endif (NOT WIN32)
+
 if(WITH_DISTRIBUTE)
     if(WITH_GRPC)
         include(external/grpc)
@@ -194,13 +204,10 @@ if(WITH_BRPC_RDMA)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-include(external/snappy)    # download snappy
-include(external/snappystream)
-include(external/threadpool)
 
+include(external/threadpool)
 include(flags)              # set paddle compile flags
 include(cudnn)              # set cudnn libraries, must before configure
-include(cupti)
 include(configure)          # add paddle env configuration
 
 if(WITH_GPU)
diff --git a/cmake/configure.cmake b/cmake/configure.cmake
index e03e15bfc017ce33e06192a7fa8010ffe060adcb..ce1857582bd3e8ab3077158384beaae36a83a4b2 100644
--- a/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+if(WIN32)
+  # windows stupid compile option for all targets.
+  add_definitions(-D_XKEYCHECK_H)
+endif(WIN32)
+
 if(NOT WITH_GOLANG)
     add_definitions(-DPADDLE_WITHOUT_GOLANG)
 endif(NOT WITH_GOLANG)