diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b34c36d90d..855a4d8777f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -837,6 +837,15 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 			set(GETTEXT_LIBPATH ${GETTEXT}/lib)
 			set(GETTEXT_LIBRARIES gnu_gettext)
 		endif()
+		
+		set(LAPACK ${LIBDIR}/lapack)
+		# set(LAPACK_INCLUDE_DIR ${LAPACK}/include)
+		set_lib_path(LAPACK_LIBPATH ${LAPACK}/lib)	
+		set(LAPACK_LIBRARIES
+			${LIBDIR}/lapack/lib/libf2c.lib
+			${LIBDIR}/lapack/lib/clapack_nowrap.lib
+			${LIBDIR}/lapack/lib/BLAS_nowrap.lib
+		)
 
 		set(PNG_LIBRARIES libpng)
 		set(JPEG_LIBRARIES libjpeg)
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
index eeefcf730c8..fbd28cc2398 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ macro(setup_liblinks
 			${OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY}
 			${PNG_LIBRARIES}
 			${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
-			${FREETYPE_LIBRARY})
+			${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}
+			${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
 
 	# since we are using the local libs for python when compiling msvc projects, we need to add _d when compiling debug versions
 	if(WITH_PYTHON)  # AND NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE  # WIN32 needs