diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c556347..1d6106d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
 
 project( snoretoast VERSION 0.5.99)
 
 
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Whether to build the examples" OFF)
+option(BUILD_STATIC_RUNTIME "Whether link statically to the msvc runtime" ON)
 
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 add_subdirectory(data)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 if (BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     add_subdirectory(examples)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2160ead..0823263 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,37 +1,45 @@
+if (BUILD_STATIC_RUNTIME)
+	#link runtime static
+	if(MSVC)
+		foreach(_bt DEBUG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO)
+			string(REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${_bt} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${_bt}})
+		endforeach(_bt DEBUG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO)
+	endif(MSVC)
+endif()
 
 add_library(SnoreToastActions INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(SnoreToastActions INTERFACE
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/snoretoast>
 )
 add_library(SnoreToast::SnoreToastActions ALIAS SnoreToastActions)
 
 
 add_library(libsnoretoast STATIC snoretoasts.cpp toasteventhandler.cpp linkhelper.cpp utils.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(libsnoretoast PUBLIC runtimeobject shlwapi SnoreToast::SnoreToastActions)
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PRIVATE UNICODE _UNICODE __WRL_CLASSIC_COM_STRICT__ WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN NOMINMAX)
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PRIVATE
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_MAJOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_MINOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_PATCH=${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}
 )
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PUBLIC __WRL_CLASSIC_COM_STRICT__)
 target_include_directories(libsnoretoast PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
 set_target_properties(libsnoretoast PROPERTIES EXPORT_NAME LibSnoreToast)
 add_library(SnoreToast::LibSnoreToast ALIAS libsnoretoast)
 
 
 generate_export_header(libsnoretoast)
 
 add_executable(SnoreToast WIN32 main.cpp ${SNORE_TOAST_DEPS})
 target_link_libraries(SnoreToast SnoreToast::LibSnoreToast)
 target_compile_definitions(SnoreToast PRIVATE UNICODE _UNICODE WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN NOMINMAX)
 # if there are changes to the callback mechanism we need to change the uuid for the activator SNORETOAST_CALLBACK_UUID
 target_compile_definitions(SnoreToast PRIVATE
     SNORETOAST_CALLBACK_UUID="{383803B6-AFDA-4220-BFC3-0DBF810106BF}"
 )
 add_executable(SnoreToast::SnoreToast ALIAS SnoreToast)
 
 install(TARGETS SnoreToast SnoreToastActions EXPORT LibSnoreToastConfig RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
 install(FILES snoretoastactions.h DESTINATION include/snoretoast)
 install(EXPORT LibSnoreToastConfig DESTINATION lib/cmake/libsnoretoast NAMESPACE SnoreToast::)