diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index 3806b24b..9ef82cb1 100644
--- a/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ target_link_libraries(latency PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::spdlog)
 
 add_executable(formatter-bench formatter-bench.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(formatter-bench PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::spdlog)
+
+
+# copy dll to the executable folder for msvc
+if(MSVC AND (SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS))
+	add_custom_command(TARGET bench POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different $<TARGET_FILE:spdlog> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:bench>)    
+endif()
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 8aca0a39..e83311af 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
-project(spdlog_examples CXX)
+project(spdlog_example CXX)
 
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
     # Stand-alone build
     find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Example of using pre-compiled library
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 add_executable(example example.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:ws2_32>)
+
+
+# copy dll to the executable folder for msvc
+if(MSVC AND (SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS))
+    add_custom_command(TARGET example POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+        $<TARGET_FILE:spdlog> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:example>)
+endif()
+
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 22971259..780aedf1 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,4 +84,11 @@ endfunction()
 
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS OR SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL)
     spdlog_prepare_test(spdlog-utests spdlog::spdlog)
+
+    # copy dll to the executable folder for msvc
+    if(MSVC AND (SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS))
+        add_custom_command(TARGET spdlog-utests  POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+        $<TARGET_FILE:spdlog> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:spdlog-utests>)
+    endif()
+
 endif()