diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp b/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
index 9c3426807a..f6194d4454 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
   // NODEFAULTLIB ensures static libs linked in will connect to the correct msvcrt, so no debug/release mixing occurs
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT1 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT2 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
 
   #define MAPINFOFLAGS /MAPINFO:EXPORTS /MAPINFO:FIXUPS /MAPINFO:LINES
 
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT1 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT2 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
 
   #define COMMONFLAGS /DHAVE_DINKUM /Zc:forScope
 
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
   // NODEFAULTLIB ensures static libs linked in will connect to the correct msvcrt, so no debug/release mixing occurs
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT1 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
   #define LDFLAGS_OPT2 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.LIB
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF
-  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT3 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF
+  #define LDFLAGS_OPT4 /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRTD.LIB /NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT.LIB /OPT:REF $[LDFLAGS_OPT4]
 
 //  #define OPTFLAGS /O3 /Qipo /QaxW /Qvec_report1
   #define OPTFLAGS /O3 /Qip