diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
index 171b3df0b2..e3d0e117f0 100644
--- a/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -672,14 +672,14 @@ if(OPENVDB_CORE_STATIC)
     PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${OPENVDB_STATIC_LIBRARY_NAME})
 
   if(MSVC)
-    #if(NOT CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
-    #  # NOTE: MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY does not propagate to targets, so
-    #  # also add it explicitly as a compile option
-    #  set_target_properties(openvdb_static PROPERTIES
-    #    MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
-    #  target_compile_options(openvdb_static PUBLIC
-    #    "$<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,MSVC>:/MT$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:d>>")
-    #endif()
+    if(NOT CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
+      # NOTE: MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY does not propagate to targets, so
+      # also add it explicitly as a compile option
+      set_target_properties(openvdb_static PROPERTIES
+        MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+      target_compile_options(openvdb_static PUBLIC
+        "$<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,MSVC>:/MT$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:d>>")
+    endif()
     set_target_properties(openvdb_static PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib")
   endif()
 endif()