diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 11c1329aa76c2e419ecfd94e12ea5d8db84c52a3..79b9c0522bd13ca55272fb3a872abf2ef72b876a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ endif()
 find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options date_time system filesystem regex  signals REQUIRED)
 message( STATUS "Found Boost: ${Boost_LIBRARIES}, ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
+if (NOT WIN32)
 set(Protobuf_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
+else()
+set(PROTOBUF_FOUND TRUE)
+endif()
 
 set(Communi_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 find_package(Communi)
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index a53ef6d38af978a33dc91f215211ec692093447a..a01f1ab929ace51f8cf3b2325357352c545fa3db 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${SRC})
 if(NOT WIN32)
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin pthread)
 else()
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
+include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin libprotobuf)
 endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_libpurple_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
index bee84e3466fa2803be46b86f6a1b710c15e7a0cb..52fd6feeebd2e2bdf529aff6ab22f8842bf60a5c 100644
--- a/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_template_backend ${SRC})
 if (NOT WIN32)
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2_template_backend transport pthread ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
 else()
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_template_backend transport ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_template_backend transport libprotobuf ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 #INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_template_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
index 2868190dfb6ab93daa023eb0ef48e6c0661cfada..1104bc8f4cfe54ef82bef1e5445810a4cde368a8 100644
--- a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
+    if (WIN32)
+	set (PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc)
+    endif()
     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.h
         COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp_out  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --proto_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.proto
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 544e2ec2d07a3b29356597ca969f99d1e43d0b06..9ece0f660264876551160babe5badc9f0481c3be 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/tra
 if (NOT WIN32)
 	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
 else()
-	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
+	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
+	include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
+	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport-plugin libprotobuf)
 endif()
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport-plugin pb)
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
diff --git a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e84cbbb1ff591a5d3aac28a8b6172b6fa0656bf7..2981011c769bb481579b13170b361977e068984c 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ADD_DEPENDENCIES(spectrum2 spectrum2_libpurple_backend)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(spectrum2 spectrum2_libircclient-qt_backend)
 
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2 transport ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+if (WIN32)
+	target_link_libraries(spectrum2 libprotobuf)
+endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2 RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 925ce5f4c4c7b5cf519b251fb0ca7f329b7c17f6..75ecf4944f39ed8e33312ff9134a6409a69ac042 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 endif()
 
 if (WIN32)
+	include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
 else (WIN32)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${POPT_LIBRARY})