diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d981e9d89e905d8d4e6cde5288579ddf2d9c7761..a70b7e1ae787c2069a00bc76c1943f0c49dc1db8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ if (WIN32 )
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES WINDOWS_COPY_LIBDIRS)
   endif()
 
+  
+  # workaround for VS2018 where the OpenMP vcomp90.dll seems to be missing from the path
+  if ( CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "^Visual Studio 9.*" )
+    INCLUDE(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
+    set ( OMP_PATH "${MSVC90_REDIST_DIR}/${CMAKE_MSVC_ARCH}/Microsoft.VC90.OPENMP/" )
+  endif()
+
   # prepare bundle generation cmake file and add a build target for it
   configure_file ("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenFlipper/cmake/fixbundle.cmake.win.in"
      "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/fixbundle.win.cmake" @ONLY IMMEDIATE)
diff --git a/OpenFlipper/cmake/fixbundle.cmake.win.in b/OpenFlipper/cmake/fixbundle.cmake.win.in
index 78ef04e7f9f0aa73700806d35480be6b342db0f6..aab6e3420a4822b11f04ce8fd10329ad982c0a53 100644
--- a/OpenFlipper/cmake/fixbundle.cmake.win.in
+++ b/OpenFlipper/cmake/fixbundle.cmake.win.in
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ get_filename_component(_GlutDir "@GLUT_glut_LIBRARY@" PATH)
 file (GLOB _plugins "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/Build/Plugins/*.dll")
 
 # fix all dependencies
-fixup_bundle ("@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/Build/@OPENFLIPPER_PRODUCT_STRING@.exe" "${_plugins}" "${_GlutDir};@GLUT_LIBRARY_DIR@;@Qwt5_Qt4_LIBRARY_DIR@;@GLEW_LIBRARY_DIR@;@QT_BINARY_DIR@;@FTGL_LIBRARY_DIRS@;@FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DIR@;@NITE2_LIBRARY_DIR@;@OPENNI2_LIBRARY_DIR@;@QWT6_LIBRARY_DIR@;@ASSIMP_LIBRARY_DIR@;@WINDOWS_COPY_LIBDIRS@")
+fixup_bundle ("@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/Build/@OPENFLIPPER_PRODUCT_STRING@.exe" "${_plugins}" "${_GlutDir};@OMP_PATH@;@GLUT_LIBRARY_DIR@;@Qwt5_Qt4_LIBRARY_DIR@;@GLEW_LIBRARY_DIR@;@QT_BINARY_DIR@;@FTGL_LIBRARY_DIRS@;@FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DIR@;@NITE2_LIBRARY_DIR@;@OPENNI2_LIBRARY_DIR@;@QWT6_LIBRARY_DIR@;@ASSIMP_LIBRARY_DIR@;@WINDOWS_COPY_LIBDIRS@")