diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b368d5..9f9224c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -pg -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -Wall -Wextra")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s -mavx -O3")
 
+# static link on windows
+if (WIN32)
+    string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE " -static")
+    string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG " -static")
+endif()
+
 # declare libraries
 FetchContent_Declare(argparse SYSTEM GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse.git GIT_TAG ac4c578f6020d5164f66ccb26b4727dea657a12b)