diff --git a/runCmakeVS.cmd b/runCmakeVS.cmd
index a50eed7476..32a659ace0 100644
--- a/runCmakeVS.cmd
+++ b/runCmakeVS.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mkdir build
-cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -D BOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\dev\boost\lib -DBOOST_ROOT=C:\dev\boost -B build
+rem amend the BOOST variables to your environment, the MSVC_RUNTIME=static is needed to avoid inclusion of 3 MSVC DLLs in deployment: msvcp<version>.dll, vcruntime<version>.dll and vcruntime<version>_1.dll
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\dev\boost\lib -DBOOST_ROOT=C:\dev\boost -DBOOST_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\dev\boost -DMSVC_RUNTIME=static -B build
 cmake --build build -v --config Release
 pause