Index: CMakeLists.txt
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--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -542,6 +542,32 @@
   # People report that -O3 is unreliable on MinGW. The traditional
   # build also uses -O2 for that reason:
   llvm_replace_compiler_option(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3" "-O2")
+
+  # _set_abort_behavior requires an MSVCRT version >= 9.0
+  # as llvm-tblgen is called during the build process only installed
+  # MSVCRT versions should be used
+  function(get_newest_msvcrt OUTVAR)
+    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{WINDIR} WINDIR)
+    file(GLOB INSTALLED_MSVCRT_RUNTIMES "${WINDIR}/System32/msvcr*.dll")
+    set(INSTALLED_MSVCRT_NAMES)
+    foreach(MSVCRT ${INSTALLED_MSVCRT_RUNTIMES})
+      get_filename_component(MSVCRT ${MSVCRT} NAME_WE)
+      list(APPEND INSTALLED_MSVCRT_NAMES ${MSVCRT})
+    endforeach()
+    foreach(VERSION 110 100 90) # try newest first
+      list(FIND INSTALLED_MSVCRT_NAMES "msvcr${VERSION}" INDEX)
+      if(INDEX GREATER -1)
+        set(${OUTVAR} ${VERSION} PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "No compatible MSVCRT runtime installed")
+  endfunction()
+  get_newest_msvcrt(NEWEST_MSVCRT)
+  foreach(LANG C CXX)
+    set(CMAKE_${LANG}_FLAGS "${CMAKE_${LANG}_FLAGS} -D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x${NEWEST_MSVCRT}0")
+    set(CMAKE_${LANG}_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_${LANG}_STANDARD_LIBRARIES} -lmsvcr${NEWEST_MSVCRT}")
+  endforeach()
 endif()
 
 # Put this before tblgen. Else we have a circular dependence.