diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
index e473bc9d41..a097a9dcba 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ if(WIN32)
          "${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/core/platform/windows/logging/*.h"
          "${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/core/platform/windows/logging/*.cc"
     )
+    # wndows platform adapter code uses advapi32
+    list(APPEND onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES advapi32)
 else()
     list(APPEND onnxruntime_common_src_patterns
          "${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/core/platform/posix/*.h"
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
index f24daa2479..3e8f4d355f 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
   set(onnxruntime_perf_test_libs onnxruntime_test_utils onnx_test_runner_common onnxruntime_common re2
-          onnx_test_data_proto onnx_proto libprotobuf ${GETOPT_LIB_WIDE} onnxruntime
+          onnx_test_data_proto onnx_proto libprotobuf ${GETOPT_LIB_WIDE} onnxruntime ${onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES}
           ${SYS_PATH_LIB} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
   if(onnxruntime_USE_NSYNC)
     list(APPEND onnxruntime_perf_test_libs nsync_cpp)