diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bff57b136..46ac93e930 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ if(BUILD_EXT_CHIPMUNK)
 endif(BUILD_EXT_CHIPMUNK)
 if(BUILD_EXT_FREETYPE)
     set(FT_WITH_ZLIB ON CACHE BOOL "Use system zlib instead of internal library." FORCE)
+    set(DISABLE_FORCE_DEBUG_POSTFIX ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     add_subdirectory(freetype)
     target_include_directories(external PUBLIC "freetype/include")
     target_link_libraries(external freetype)
diff --git a/external/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt b/external/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt
index d238181107..3d3fbe9c0b 100644
--- a/external/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ set_target_properties(${target_name}
   
 set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+  INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS PUGIXML_API=__declspec\(dllimport\)
 )