diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b39237da0..f70140549 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ if(USE_GPU)
     find_package(OpenCL REQUIRED)
     include_directories(${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     MESSAGE(STATUS "OpenCL include directory:" ${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
     find_package(Boost 1.56.0 COMPONENTS filesystem system REQUIRED)
-    include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     if (WIN32)
         # disable autolinking in boost
-        ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
+        add_definitions( -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB )
     endif()
+    include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_GPU)
 endif(USE_GPU)
 
@@ -69,11 +70,6 @@ if(MSVC)
         CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
         CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
     )
-    foreach(variable ${variables})
-        if(${variable} MATCHES "/MD")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" ${variable} "${${variable}}")
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /W4 /O2 /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /Oy /GL")
 else()
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
diff --git a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
index b78cffed9..12325d51f 100644
--- a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>