diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 38e099f51a..27ed6af19f 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
   add_test(${the_target} "${LOC}")
 
   if(WIN32)
+      if (MSVC AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /DEBUG")
+      endif()
       install(TARGETS ${the_target} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT main)
   endif()
 endif(BUILD_TESTS)