diff --git a/depends/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/CMakeLists.txt
index a2eafb052..9d63f3c37 100644
--- a/depends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/depends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(EXPAT_LIB_SUFFIX "MD.lib")
   set(LIB_SUFFIX ".lib")
   set(LIB_PREFIX "")
+  set(XLSXIO_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /DXML_STATIC")
 else()
   set(EXPAT_LIB_SUFFIX ".a")
   set(LIB_SUFFIX ".a")
   set(LIB_PREFIX "lib")
+  set(XLSXIO_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DXML_STATIC")
 endif()
 
 set(LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libexpat)
@@ -76,5 +78,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add(xlsxio_project
     SOURCE_DIR  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/xlsxio
     INSTALL_DIR ${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR}
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${XLSXIO_LIB}
-    CMAKE_ARGS  ${CL_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF -DWITH_LIBZIP=ON -DZLIB_DIR=${ZLIB_DIR} -DLIBZIP_DIR=${LIBZIP_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_DIR=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_LIBRARIES=${LIBEXPAT_LIB} -DEXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR}/include -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+    CMAKE_ARGS  ${CL_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF -DWITH_LIBZIP=ON -DZLIB_DIR=${ZLIB_DIR} -DLIBZIP_DIR=${LIBZIP_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_DIR=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_LIBRARIES=${LIBEXPAT_LIB} -DEXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR}/include -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${XLSXIO_C_FLAGS}
 )