diff --git a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
index 60ea3c90f..69a420333 100644
--- a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU")
 elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wextra -DSHAREDLIB")
 elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/EHsc")
 	set(ETH_STATIC 1)
 else ()
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "Your C++ compiler does not support C++11. You have ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 223c14ce3..743968dcb 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
 set(Boost_COMPILER -vc120)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.55.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS thread date_time system regex)
+find_package(Boost 1.55.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS thread date_time system regex chrono)
 
 if (Boost_FOUND)
 	message(" - boost header: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
diff --git a/extdep/compile/boost.cmake b/extdep/compile/boost.cmake
index aaf892cc9..c87c907b7 100644
--- a/extdep/compile/boost.cmake
+++ b/extdep/compile/boost.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set(boost_address_model)
 # on windows 64:
 # set(boost_address_model address-model=64)
 
-set(boost_targets --with-filesystem --with-system --with-thread --with-date_time --with-regex --with-test)
+set(boost_targets --with-filesystem --with-system --with-thread --with-date_time --with-regex --with-test --with-chrono)
 ExternalProject_Add(boost
 	URL http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.55.0/boost_1_55_0.tar.gz
 	BINARY_DIR boost-prefix/src/boost
diff --git a/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt b/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d103160c..37e6f4c89 100644
--- a/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DSTATICLIB")
 
 aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
 
-include_directories(${LEVELDB_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(..)
 
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@ else()
 	add_library(${EXECUTABLE} SHARED ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY})
-target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY})
-
 if (APPLE)
 	find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 	target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/solc/CMakeLists.txt b/solc/CMakeLists.txt
index 203a616b4..303318502 100644
--- a/solc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/solc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ set(EXECUTABLE solc)
 file(GLOB HEADERS "*.h")
 add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} ${SRC_LIST} ${HEADERS})
 
+target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${Boost_CHRONO_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} solidity)
 
 install( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} DESTINATION bin )