diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f811a658..266ef0fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 	target_compile_definitions(${_LIBUINAME}
 			PUBLIC _UI_STATIC)
 endif()
-if(NOT WIN32)
-	# on non-Windows platforms cmake adds an extra lib-
+if(NOT MSVC)
+	# on non-MSVC compilers cmake adds an extra lib-
 	# note that we apply this to libui, not to any intermediates
 	set_target_properties(libui PROPERTIES
 		OUTPUT_NAME ui)
diff --git a/windows/CMakeLists.txt b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
index 7119b0a3..a2175786 100644
--- a/windows/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ list(APPEND _LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS
 )
 set(_LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS _LIBUI_INCLUDEDIRS PARENT_SCOPE)
 
+# Windows won't link resources in static libraries; we need to provide the libui.res file in this case.
 set(_LIBUINAME libui PARENT_SCOPE)
 if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 	set(_LIBUI_STATIC_RES ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libui.res PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ macro(_handle_static)
 	endif()
 	# TODO this full path feels hacky
 	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET libui PRE_LINK
+		TARGET libui POST_BUILD
 		COMMAND
 			${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_PROPERTY:libui,BINARY_DIR>/CMakeFiles/libui.dir/windows/resources.rc.${_res_suffix} ${_LIBUI_STATIC_RES}
 		COMMENT "Copying libui.res")
diff --git a/windows/resources.rc b/windows/resources.rc
index 989dfc91..c465ee63 100644
--- a/windows/resources.rc
+++ b/windows/resources.rc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "winapi.hpp"
 #include "resources.hpp"
 
+// TODO change and pin down IDs for static linking; document them
+
 // this is a UTF-8 file
 #pragma code_page(65001)