diff --git a/cmake/windows-setup.cmake b/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
index 252ff3ba6b6..ba5f14017b0 100644
--- a/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
+++ b/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ set(FLB_OUT_STDOUT            Yes)
 set(FLB_OUT_LIB                No)
 set(FLB_OUT_NULL              Yes)
 set(FLB_OUT_FLOWCOUNTER       Yes)
-set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA              No)
+set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA             Yes)
 set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA_REST         No)
 
 # FILTER plugins
diff --git a/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
index f46bc3971cc..34128cff443 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ set(src
   kafka.c)
 
 FLB_PLUGIN(out_kafka "${src}" "rdkafka")
-target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-out_kafka -lpthread)
+if (NOT MSVC)
+  target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-out_kafka -lpthread)
+endif()