diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c0c60b92ac..e25ae3f31a4 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ find_package(Qt5
   REQUIRED
 )
 
+if (MSVC)
+  # find out if Qt is static and set /MT if so
+  get_target_property(_input_type Qt5::Core TYPE)
+  if (${_input_type} STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+    string(REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    string(REPLACE "/MDd" "/MTd" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if (APPLE)
   find_library(FWFoundation Foundation)
 endif()