diff --git a/cmake_modules/purpleConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/purpleConfig.cmake
index 83ad2a14c572e2054dfc284fd1f4252dddb2477a..72ff99fd536ec05217c60c6cbf16d635b18ac8e0 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/purpleConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/purpleConfig.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 FIND_LIBRARY(PURPLE_LIBRARY NAMES purple)
 FIND_PATH(PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES "purple.h" PATH_SUFFIXES libpurple )
 
+if(WIN32 AND PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR )
+	if (PURPLE_NOT_RUNTIME)
+		set(PURPLE_LIBRARY "")
+	endif(PURPLE_NOT_RUNTIME)
+	set(PURPLE_FOUND 1)
+	message(STATUS "Using purple: ${PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PURPLE_LIBRARY}")
+else()
 
 if( PURPLE_LIBRARY AND PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR )
     message( STATUS "Found libpurple: ${PURPLE_LIBRARY}, ${PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR}")
@@ -8,3 +15,5 @@ if( PURPLE_LIBRARY AND PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR )
 else( PURPLE_LIBRARY AND PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR )
     message( STATUS "Could NOT find libpurple" )
 endif( PURPLE_LIBRARY AND PURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR )
+
+endif()