diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d34b8f8..a8488c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ if(MSVC AND USE_INTEGRATED_LIBS)
   find_package(PThreads4W REQUIRED)
 elseif(MSVC)
   find_package(pthreads REQUIRED)
+  find_package(unofficial-getopt-win32 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 if(ENABLE_OPENCV)
   find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
@@ -371,9 +372,9 @@ list(APPEND headers
 if(NOT MSVC)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM headers
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/gettimeofday.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/getopt.h
   )
 endif()
+
 #set(exported_headers ${headers})
 
 #look for all *.c files in src folder
@@ -391,10 +392,13 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM sources
 if(NOT MSVC)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM sources
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/gettimeofday.c
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/getopt.c
   )
 endif()
 
+#remove local getopt files
+list(REMOVE_ITEM headers ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/getopt.h)
+list(REMOVE_ITEM sources ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/getopt.c)
+
 if(ENABLE_CUDA)
   file(GLOB cuda_sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/*.cu")
 endif()
@@ -478,6 +482,7 @@ endif()
 if(MSVC)
   target_link_libraries(darknet PRIVATE PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows)
   target_link_libraries(darknet PRIVATE wsock32)
+  target_link_libraries(dark PRIVATE unofficial::getopt-win32::getopt)
   target_link_libraries(dark PUBLIC PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows)
   target_link_libraries(dark PUBLIC wsock32)
   target_link_libraries(uselib PRIVATE PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows)
diff --git a/DarknetConfig.cmake.in b/DarknetConfig.cmake.in
index 1221206..6bdff49 100644
--- a/DarknetConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/DarknetConfig.cmake.in
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if(@OpenCV_FOUND@)
   find_dependency(OpenCV)
 endif()
 
+if(@unofficial-getopt-win32_FOUND@)
+  find_dependency(unofficial-getopt-win32)
+endif()
+
 if(@ENABLE_CUDA@)
   include(CheckLanguage)
   check_language(CUDA)