diff --git a/zimpl/CMakeLists.txt b/zimpl/CMakeLists.txt
index 7cf9d85..85d33a7 100644
--- a/zimpl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zimpl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(ZIMPL
     VERSION 3.5.3
     LANGUAGES C)
 
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" AND NOT WIN32)
     # if changing these flags, also update GCCWARN/GXXWARN in make/make.project
     set(ADD_C_FLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Winline -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-declarations -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
 
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ if(MSVC)
     )
 
     foreach(variable ${variables})
-       string(REGEX REPLACE "/M[T,D][ d]" "" ${variable} "${${variable}}")
        # message("${variable} = ${${variable}}")
     endforeach()
 endif()
@@ -128,9 +127,11 @@ if(ZLIB_FOUND)
     include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
     add_definitions(-DWITHOUT_ZLIB)
+endif()
 
-    # look for pcre if ZLIB could not be found
-    find_package(PCRE)
+if(WIN32)
+    find_package(PCRE NAMES pcre2 REQUIRED)
+    set(PCRE_LIBRARIES "$<TARGET_NAME:PCRE2::POSIX>")
     if(PCRE_FOUND)
         add_definitions(-DWITH_PCRE)
         add_definitions(-DPCRE2_STATIC)
diff --git a/zimpl/zimpl-config.cmake.in b/zimpl/zimpl-config.cmake.in
index b653f0c..946f6f2 100644
--- a/zimpl/zimpl-config.cmake.in
+++ b/zimpl/zimpl-config.cmake.in
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+if(WIN32)
+  include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+  find_dependency(pcre2)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET libzimpl)
   include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/zimpl-targets.cmake")
 endif()