diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e34eb22..fd49f5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ if (${PROJECT_NAME}_BUILD_CMD_TOOL)
     )
 
     find_package(Boost ${Boost_VER} REQUIRED COMPONENTS nowide)
+    if (MSVC)
+        set_target_properties(Boost::nowide PROPERTIES MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_RelWithDebInfo Release)
+    endif ()
     set_target_properties(${_libname}_cmd PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${_libname})
     target_link_libraries(${_libname}_cmd ${_libname}_convert Boost::nowide)
 endif ()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c32e797..8a61261 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ include(Catch)
 
 find_package(Boost ${Boost_VER} REQUIRED COMPONENTS nowide)
 
+if (MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(Boost::nowide PROPERTIES MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_RelWithDebInfo Release)
+endif ()
+
 set(CATCH_EXTRA_ARGS "" CACHE STRING "Extra arguments for catch2 test suites.")
 
 set(TEST_DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data)