diff --git a/cmake/pcre2-config.cmake.in b/cmake/pcre2-config.cmake.in
index 12f3a35ad..84eebad75 100644
--- a/cmake/pcre2-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/pcre2-config.cmake.in
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ else ()
   set(PCRE2_SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
   if (MINGW AND PCRE2_NON_STANDARD_LIB_SUFFIX)
     set(PCRE2_SUFFIX "-0.dll")
+  elseif(MSVC)
+    set(PCRE2_SUFFIX ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
   endif ()
 endif ()
 find_library(PCRE2_8BIT_LIBRARY NAMES ${PCRE2_PREFIX}${PCRE2_8BIT_NAME}${PCRE2_SUFFIX} ${PCRE2_PREFIX}${PCRE2_8BIT_NAME}d${PCRE2_SUFFIX} DOC "8 bit PCRE2 library")