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)