diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
index e522df6a1..4024c0b42 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw-iniimporter
     components
 )
 
+if (WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(openmw-iniimporter
+    ${Boost_LOCALE_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 if (MINGW)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -municode")
 endif()
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index cbb63bf07..1b33b10f6 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ target_link_libraries(components
     ${BULLET_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+if (WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(components
+    ${Boost_LOCALE_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 if (DESIRED_QT_VERSION MATCHES 4)
     target_link_libraries(components
     ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY}