diff --git a/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in b/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
index 0959dc11c..e10e4863c 100644
--- a/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
   # Consumers who run into LNK4099 warnings can pass /Z7 instead (see issue #385).
   set(CEF_DEBUG_INFO_FLAG "/Zi" CACHE STRING "Optional flag specifying specific /Z flag to use")
 
+  # Consumers using different runtime types may want to pass different flags
+  set(CEF_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_FLAG "/MT" CACHE STRING "Optional flag specifying which runtime to use")
+  if (CEF_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_FLAG)
+    list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG ${CEF_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_FLAG}d)
+    list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE ${CEF_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_FLAG})
+  endif()
+
   # Platform-specific compiler/linker flags.
   set(CEF_LIBTYPE STATIC)
   list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_FLAGS
@@ -369,12 +376,10 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
     ${CEF_DEBUG_INFO_FLAG}
     )
   list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_FLAGS_DEBUG
-    /MTd          # Multithreaded debug runtime
     /RTC1         # Disable optimizations
     /Od           # Enable basic run-time checks
     )
   list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_FLAGS_RELEASE
-    /MT           # Multithreaded release runtime
     /O2           # Optimize for maximum speed
     /Ob2          # Inline any suitable function
     /GF           # Enable string pooling