diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fc1b34..a4c52e8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,33 +32,37 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM
   /usr/include/GNUstep
 )
 
-include(ExternalProject)
+if (MSVC)
+  add_subdirectory(dependencies/nanomsg-patched EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  include_directories(dependencies/nanomsg-patched/src/)
+else ()
 
-externalproject_add(
-    nanomsg
-    SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/nanomsg-patched"
-    PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched"
+  include(ExternalProject)
 
-    UPDATE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/autogen.sh
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
-    BUILD_COMMAND make -j4
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install
-)
+  externalproject_add(
+      nanomsg
+      SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/nanomsg-patched"
+      PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched"
 
-externalproject_get_property(nanomsg install_dir)
-set(NANOMSG_INSTALL_DIR "${install_dir}")
+      UPDATE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/autogen.sh
+      CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+      BUILD_COMMAND make -j4
+      INSTALL_COMMAND make install
+  )
+
+  externalproject_get_property(nanomsg install_dir)
+  set(NANOMSG_INSTALL_DIR "${install_dir}")
+
+  include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched/include/)
+  link_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched/lib/)
+
+endif ()
 
 include_directories(
   dependencies/libcsptr/include/
   dependencies/valgrind/include/
   dependencies/klib/
   dependencies/nanopb/
-
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched/include/
-)
-
-link_directories(
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nanomsg-patched/lib/
 )
 
 if (MSVC)
@@ -289,7 +293,14 @@ include_directories(include src)
 add_library(criterion SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES} ${INTERFACE_FILES})
 
 add_dependencies(criterion nanomsg)
-target_link_libraries(criterion csptr anl libnanomsg.a pthread)
+target_link_libraries(criterion csptr libnanomsg.a pthread)
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  target_link_libraries(criterion csptr pthread)
+  if (NOT APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(criterion csptr anl)
+  endif ()
+endif ()
 
 if (THEORIES)
   target_link_libraries(criterion dyncall_s)