enable_language(C) file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/test.c" "__declspec(dllexport) void test(void) {}\n") file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/main.c" [[__declspec(dllimport) extern void test(void); int main(void) { test(); return 0; } ]]) add_library(test SHARED "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/test.c") add_executable(exe "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/main.c") target_link_libraries(exe PRIVATE test) install(TARGETS exe DESTINATION bin) install(CODE [[ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/$") file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES EXECUTABLES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/$" PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES "^(lib)?test\\.dll$" PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*" ) message(FATAL_ERROR "This message should not be displayed") ]])