diff --git a/wamr-compiler/CMakeLists.txt b/wamr-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a3f975210..23a2e41627 100644
--- a/wamr-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wamr-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
       target_link_libraries (wamrc ssp.a ws2_32)
   else()
       target_link_libraries (wamrc -ldl)
+      # Link libc++ statically to reduce the runtime dependency
+      target_link_libraries (wamrc -static-libstdc++)
   endif()
 else()
   target_link_libraries (wamrc aotclib vmlib  ${lib_lldb} ${WAMRC_LINK_LLVM_LIBS} ${lib_ubsan}