diff --git a/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
index df0095d2..05d8d5aa 100644
--- a/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ include_directories(
 
 add_library(synwinhk SHARED ${sources})
 
-target_link_libraries (synwinhk libucrt)
+if (NOT MSVC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1900)
+	target_link_libraries(synwinhk libucrt)
+endif()
 
 # copy the dlls (and supporting files) from the lib dir to 
 # the bin dir, so that synergyc and synergys can easily find them.