diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8522fc8b92..b44109f309 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,12 +18,33 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+# Need this CMake policy for using the MultiThreaded MSVC runtime library.
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
+
+# Need this CMake policy for invoking target_link_libraries on a target in any directory.
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0079 NEW)
+
 project(hadoop_hdfs_native_client)
 
 enable_testing()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
+if (MSVC)
+    # Instructs MSVC to use the static version of the runtime library.
+    # More info - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/md-mt-ld-use-run-time-library?view=msvc-170
+    set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded")
+
+    # This indicates that Windows 10 and above are supported.
+    # More info - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/porting/modifying-winver-and-win32-winnt?view=msvc-170
+    set(NT_REQUIRED_VERSION 0x0A00)
+    add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=${NT_REQUIRED_VERSION})
+
+    # Windows.h defines the "min" and "max" macros which conflicts with the std::min and std::max from C++ STL.
+    # Adding the below definition will disable this macro.
+    add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
+endif (MSVC)
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common)
 include(HadoopCommon)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
index 078e392d4d..28cce66a71 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(LIBHDFSPP_VERSION "0.1.0")
 set(LIBHDFSPP_ALL_OBJECTS $<TARGET_OBJECTS:x_platform_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bindings_c_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:fs_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:rpc_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:reader_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:proto_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:connection_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:common_obj> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:uriparser2_obj>)
-if (HADOOP_BUILD)
+# HDFS-16464: We don't support building Hadoop DLL for Windows yet.
+if (HADOOP_BUILD AND NOT MSVC)
   hadoop_add_dual_library(hdfspp ${EMPTY_FILE_CC} ${LIBHDFSPP_ALL_OBJECTS})
   hadoop_target_link_dual_libraries(hdfspp
     ${LIB_DL}
@@ -285,20 +286,19 @@ if (HADOOP_BUILD)
   )
   set_target_properties(hdfspp PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${LIBHDFSPP_VERSION})
   hadoop_dual_output_directory(hdfspp ${OUT_DIR})
-else (HADOOP_BUILD)
+else (HADOOP_BUILD AND NOT MSVC)
   add_library(hdfspp_static STATIC ${EMPTY_FILE_CC} ${LIBHDFSPP_ALL_OBJECTS})
-  target_link_libraries(hdfspp_static
+  target_link_libraries(hdfspp_static PUBLIC
     ${LIB_DL}
     ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY}
     ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
     ${SASL_LIBRARIES}
-    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-    )
+    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
   if(BUILD_SHARED_HDFSPP)
     add_library(hdfspp SHARED ${EMPTY_FILE_CC} ${LIBHDFSPP_ALL_OBJECTS})
     set_target_properties(hdfspp PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${LIBHDFSPP_VERSION})
   endif(BUILD_SHARED_HDFSPP)
-endif (HADOOP_BUILD)
+endif (HADOOP_BUILD AND NOT MSVC)
 
 # Set up make install targets
 # Can be installed to a particular location via "make DESTDIR=... install"