diff --git a/cmake/scripts/copydlls.cmake b/cmake/scripts/copydlls.cmake
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+# this module expects
+# DLLS
+# CONFIGURATION
+# DESTINATION
+
+# example usage:
+# cmake -DLLS=${MHD_LIBRARIES} -DCONFIGURATION=Release -DDESTINATION=dest -P scripts/copydlls.cmake
+
+# expects DLLS to be in format optimized;path_to_dll.dll;debug;path_to_dll_d.dll
+if (${CONFIGURATION} STREQUAL "Release")
+    list(GET DLLS 1 DLL)
+else () # Debug
+    list(GET DLLS 3 DLL)
+endif()
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${DLL}" "${DESTINATION}")
+