diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f267b2..ad7e220 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@
 OPTION(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION "Build User's Guide (html)" OFF)
 OPTION(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ON)
 OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build Ceres as a shared library." OFF)
+IF (MSVC)
+  OPTION(MSVC_USE_STATIC_CRT
+    "MS Visual Studio: Use static C-Run Time Library in place of shared." OFF)
+ENDIF (MSVC)
 
 # Prior to October 2013, Ceres used some non-CMake standardised variables to
 # hold user-specified (as opposed to FindPackage found) include directory and
@@ -538,6 +542,29 @@
   # the warnings.
   SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /ignore:4049")
 
+  # Update the C/CXX flags for MSVC to use either the static or shared
+  # C-Run Time (CRT) library based on the user option: MSVC_USE_STATIC_CRT.
+  LIST(APPEND C_CXX_FLAGS
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
+
+  FOREACH(FLAG_VAR ${C_CXX_FLAGS})
+    IF (MSVC_USE_STATIC_CRT)
+      # Use static CRT.
+      IF (${FLAG_VAR} MATCHES "/MD")
+        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" ${FLAG_VAR} "${${FLAG_VAR}}")
+      ENDIF (${FLAG_VAR} MATCHES "/MD")
+    ELSE (MSVC_USE_STATIC_CRT)
+      # Use shared, not static, CRT.
+      IF (${FLAG_VAR} MATCHES "/MT")
+        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "/MT" "/MD" ${FLAG_VAR} "${${FLAG_VAR}}")
+      ENDIF (${FLAG_VAR} MATCHES "/MT")
+    ENDIF (MSVC_USE_STATIC_CRT)
+  ENDFOREACH()
+
   # Tuple sizes of 10 are used by Gtest.
   ADD_DEFINITIONS("-D_VARIADIC_MAX=10")
 ENDIF (MSVC)
diff --git a/cmake/FindCXSparse.cmake b/cmake/FindCXSparse.cmake
index cebddb5..45b2f02 100644
--- a/cmake/FindCXSparse.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindCXSparse.cmake
@@ -167,16 +167,19 @@
 # Catch the case when the caller has set CXSPARSE_LIBRARY in the cache / GUI and
 # thus FIND_LIBRARY was not called, but specified library is invalid, otherwise
 # we would report CXSparse as found.
-# TODO: This regex for CXSparse library is pretty primitive, could it be better?
+# TODO: This regex for CXSparse library is pretty primitive, we use lowercase
+#       for comparison to handle Windows using CamelCase library names, could
+#       this check be better?
+STRING(TOLOWER "${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY}" LOWERCASE_CXSPARSE_LIBRARY)
 IF (CXSPARSE_LIBRARY AND
     EXISTS ${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY} AND
-    NOT ${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*cxsparse[^/]*")
+    NOT "${LOWERCASE_CXSPARSE_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*cxsparse[^/]*")
   CXSPARSE_REPORT_NOT_FOUND(
     "Caller defined CXSPARSE_LIBRARY: "
     "${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY} does not match CXSparse.")
 ENDIF (CXSPARSE_LIBRARY AND
        EXISTS ${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY} AND
-       NOT ${CXSPARSE_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*cxsparse[^/]*")
+       NOT "${LOWERCASE_CXSPARSE_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*cxsparse[^/]*")
 
 # Set standard CMake FindPackage variables if found.
 IF (CXSPARSE_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/FindGflags.cmake b/cmake/FindGflags.cmake
index 17fc70a..1091862 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGflags.cmake
@@ -138,14 +138,17 @@
     " ${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR} does not contain gflags/gflags.h header.")
 ENDIF (GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR AND
        NOT EXISTS ${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR}/gflags/gflags.h)
-# TODO: This regex for gflags library is pretty primitive, could it be better?
+# TODO: This regex for gflags library is pretty primitive, we use lowercase
+#       for comparison to handle Windows using CamelCase library names, could
+#       this check be better?
+STRING(TOLOWER "${GFLAGS_LIBRARY}" LOWERCASE_GFLAGS_LIBRARY)
 IF (GFLAGS_LIBRARY AND
-    NOT ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*gflags[^/]*")
+    NOT "${LOWERCASE_GFLAGS_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*gflags[^/]*")
   GFLAGS_REPORT_NOT_FOUND(
     "Caller defined GFLAGS_LIBRARY: "
     "${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} does not match gflags.")
 ENDIF (GFLAGS_LIBRARY AND
-       NOT ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*gflags[^/]*")
+       NOT "${LOWERCASE_GFLAGS_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*gflags[^/]*")
 
 # Set standard CMake FindPackage variables if found.
 IF (GFLAGS_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/FindGlog.cmake b/cmake/FindGlog.cmake
index 30b95e2..b94cff3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGlog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGlog.cmake
@@ -138,14 +138,17 @@
     " ${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIR} does not contain glog/logging.h header.")
 ENDIF (GLOG_INCLUDE_DIR AND
        NOT EXISTS ${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIR}/glog/logging.h)
-# TODO: This regex for glog library is pretty primitive, could it be better?
+# TODO: This regex for glog library is pretty primitive, we use lowercase
+#       for comparison to handle Windows using CamelCase library names, could
+#       this check be better?
+STRING(TOLOWER "${GLOG_LIBRARY}" LOWERCASE_GLOG_LIBRARY)
 IF (GLOG_LIBRARY AND
-    NOT ${GLOG_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*glog[^/]*")
+    NOT "${LOWERCASE_GLOG_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*glog[^/]*")
   GLOG_REPORT_NOT_FOUND(
     "Caller defined GLOG_LIBRARY: "
     "${GLOG_LIBRARY} does not match glog.")
 ENDIF (GLOG_LIBRARY AND
-       NOT ${GLOG_LIBRARY} MATCHES ".*glog[^/]*")
+       NOT "${LOWERCASE_GLOG_LIBRARY}" MATCHES ".*glog[^/]*")
 
 # Set standard CMake FindPackage variables if found.
 IF (GLOG_FOUND)