diff --git a/cm_library_c_binding/CMakeLists.txt b/cm_library_c_binding/CMakeLists.txt
index fc5afed48..c61c32948 100644
--- a/cm_library_c_binding/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cm_library_c_binding/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ add_custom_command(
 )
 
 add_custom_target(cffi-c-binding ALL DEPENDS ${CFFI_C_CODE_DIR}/${CFFI_C_CODE})
+add_dependencies(cffi-c-binding headers-for-cffi)
diff --git a/cm_library_cffi_headers/compose_cffi_headers.py b/cm_library_cffi_headers/compose_cffi_headers.py
index d43c902ad..b1980057a 100644
--- a/cm_library_cffi_headers/compose_cffi_headers.py
+++ b/cm_library_cffi_headers/compose_cffi_headers.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def remove_c_comments_emptylines(text):
 
 
 def remove_c_includes(lines):
-    return [line for line in lines if not line.startswith('#include ')]
+    return [line for line in lines if not re.match(r'^\s*#include\s', line)]
 
 
 def remove_special_defines(lines, defines):
diff --git a/cm_python_module/CMakeLists.txt b/cm_python_module/CMakeLists.txt
index 3919e7f47..c73cc6371 100644
--- a/cm_python_module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cm_python_module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,16 @@ if (PROJECT_IGNORE_SYSTEM_LIB OR NOT VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_FOUND)
     # https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html#limited-c-api
     target_link_libraries(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} PRIVATE ${CFFI_INPUT_LIBRARY})
 elseif(VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "Vendored system library found: ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+    message(STATUS "Vendored system library found: ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARIES}")
     target_include_directories(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} PRIVATE ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} PRIVATE ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LDFLAGS})
+    add_dependencies(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} cffi-c-binding)
+    # On windows, using the LDFLAGS field creates /libpath... secp256k1.lib (correct), but at a later stage
+    # /libpath is converted to \libpath and fails to be interpreted as a flag by the linker
+    # This may be an issue with libsecp256k1.pc, i.e. wrong slash used that triggers the slash conversion
+    target_link_libraries(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} PRIVATE ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARIES})
+    string(REPLACE "/libpath:" "" VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARY_DIRS ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+    string(REPLACE "/LIBPATH:" "" VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARY_DIRS ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+    target_link_directories(${CFFI_OUTPUT_LIBRARY} PRIVATE ${VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Vendored library not found.")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/SetSystemLibIfExists.cmake b/cmake/SetSystemLibIfExists.cmake
index 23a1a71b2..a965044d0 100644
--- a/cmake/SetSystemLibIfExists.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SetSystemLibIfExists.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 function (SetSystemLibIfExists)
-    set(_paths "$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" "$ENV{CONDA_PREFIX}/Library/lib/pkgconfig" "$ENV{CONDA_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
-    cmake_path(CONVERT "${_paths}" TO_NATIVE_PATH_LIST _paths)
-    set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} ${_paths})
-
+    set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH};$ENV{CONDA_PREFIX}/Library/lib/pkgconfig;$ENV{CONDA_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+        set(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE};--msvc-syntax;--dont-define-prefix")
+    endif()
     pkg_check_modules(VENDORED_AS_SYSTEM_LIB IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL ${VENDORED_LIBRARY_PKG_CONFIG}>=${VENDORED_LIBRARY_PKG_CONFIG_VERSION})
 endfunction()