diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index bfb5f3ba9..4c6f60270 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "-pedantic" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 ENDIF()
 
-
 #### end var setup  ###
 SETUP_PLUGIN(ffmpeg ffmpeg)
+
+IF(MSVC)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${TARGET_DEFAULT_PREFIX}ffmpeg PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/OPT:NOREF")
+ENDIF(MSVC)