diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 0347fe0..2145058 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -182,6 +182,66 @@
       "displayName": "Combination of devel and arch-static-compat",
       "description": "See descriptions of devel and arch-static-compat",
       "binaryDir": "$env{BUILD_DIR}/${sourceDirName}/arch-static-compat-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "inherits": ["no-webview", "no-kde", "qt6"],
+      "displayName": "Target x64-windows-static on Windows",
+      "description": "Build on Windows targeting x64-windows-static using MSVC, Qt 6 (for Qt libs and CMake/Ninja), vcpkg (for other dependencies) and MSYS2 (for Perl)",
+      "binaryDir": "$env{BUILD_DIR}/${sourceDirName}/win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "environment": {
+        "INCLUDE": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/include;$env{MSVC_ROOT}/ATLMFC/include;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/include/10.0.22000.0/ucrt;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}//include/10.0.22000.0//um;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}//include/10.0.22000.0//shared;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/include/10.0.22000.0//winrt;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/include/10.0.22000.0//cppwinrt",
+        "LIB": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/ATLMFC/lib/x64;$env{MSVC_ROOT}/lib/x64;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/lib/10.0.22000.0/ucrt/x64;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/lib/10.0.22000.0//um/x64",
+        "LIBPATH": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/ATLMFC/lib/x64;$env{MSVC_ROOT}/lib/x64;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/lib/10.0.22000.0/ucrt/x64;$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/lib/10.0.22000.0/um/x64"
+      },
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "OFF"},
+        "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"},
+        "CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static"},
+        "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{QT_ROOT}"},
+        "CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{QT_TOOLS}/Ninja/ninja.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_AR_COMPILER": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/bin/Hostx64/x64/lib.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_C_COMPILER": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_RC_COMPILER": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/bin/10.0.22000.0/x64/rc.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_LINKER": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{MSVC_ROOT}/bin/Hostx64/x64/link.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_MT": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{WIN_KITS_ROOT}/bin/10.0.22000.0/x64/mt.exe"},
+        "CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY": {"type": "STRING", "value": "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>"},
+        "PERL_BIN": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{MSYS2_ROOT}/usr/bin/perl.exe"},
+        "FORCE_EXTERNAL_ICONV": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "ON"},
+        "Iconv_LIBRARY": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/iconv.lib"},
+        "Iconv_INCLUDE_DIR": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/include"},
+        "Boost_INCLUDE_DIR": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/include"},
+        "Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/boost_filesystem-vc140-mt.lib"},
+        "Boost_IOSTREAMS_LIBRARY_RELEASE": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/boost_iostreams-vc140-mt.lib"},
+        "Boost_REGEX_LIBRARY_RELEASE": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/boost_regex-vc140-mt.lib"},
+        "Boost_LIBRARY_RELEASE": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib"},
+        "Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "ON"},
+        "CPP_UNIT_LIB": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/cppunit.lib"},
+        "CPP_UNIT_INCLUDE_DIR": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/include"},
+        "ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR": {"type": "PATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/include"},
+        "ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/zlib.lib"},
+        "ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE": {"type": "FILEPATH", "value": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/installed/x64-windows-static/lib/zlib.lib"}
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "win-x64-msvc-static-devel",
+      "inherits": ["win-x64-msvc-static", "devel"],
+      "displayName": "Combination of devel and win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "description": "See descriptions of devel and win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "binaryDir": "$env{BUILD_DIR}/${sourceDirName}/win-x64-msvc-static-devel",
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CLANG_FORMAT_ENABLED": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "OFF"},
+        "CLANG_TIDY_ENABLED": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "OFF"},
+        "CMAKE_FORMAT_ENABLED": {"type": "BOOL", "value": "OFF"}
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "win-x64-msvc-static-debug",
+      "inherits": ["win-x64-msvc-static-devel", "debug"],
+      "displayName": "Combination of debug and win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "description": "See descriptions of debug and win-x64-msvc-static",
+      "binaryDir": "$env{BUILD_DIR}/${sourceDirName}/win-x64-msvc-static-debug"
     }
   ],
   "buildPresets": [
@@ -196,7 +256,10 @@
     {"name": "arch-x86_64-w64-mingw32-static-qt6", "configurePreset": "arch-x86_64-w64-mingw32-static-qt6"},
     {"name": "arch-x86_64-w64-mingw32-devel", "configurePreset": "arch-x86_64-w64-mingw32-devel"},
     {"name": "arch-static-compat", "configurePreset": "arch-static-compat"},
-    {"name": "arch-static-compat-devel", "configurePreset": "arch-static-compat-devel"}
+    {"name": "arch-static-compat-devel", "configurePreset": "arch-static-compat-devel"},
+    {"name": "win-x64-msvc-static", "configurePreset": "win-x64-msvc-static"},
+    {"name": "win-x64-msvc-static-devel", "configurePreset": "win-x64-msvc-static-devel"},
+    {"name": "win-x64-msvc-static-debug", "configurePreset": "win-x64-msvc-static-debug"}
   ],
   "testPresets": [
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 593507e..8ed3574 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,9 +157,22 @@ difference when just building c++utilities itself). To use presets in other proj
 file `CMakePresets.json` into the source directory of those projects which works with the "subdirs" projects
 mentioned in the previous section as well.
 
-Note that the devel preset (and all presets inheriting from it) uses ccache which therefore needs to be
+Note that the `devel` preset (and all presets inheriting from it) uses `ccache` which therefore needs to be
 installed.
 
+Note that the win-x64-msvc-static preset is still in development. It needs various additional environment
+variables to be set:
+* `MSYS2_ROOT`: for Perl provided via MSYS2 packages (only used by `qtforkawesome` so far)
+* `MSVC_ROOT`: for compiler and stdlib usually installed as part of Visual Studio setup, e.g.
+  `C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.34.31933`
+* `WIN_KITS_ROOT`: for Windows platform headers/libraries usually installed as part of Visual Studio setup,
+  e.g. `C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10`
+* `QT_ROOT`: for Qt libraries provided by official Qt installer, e.g. `D:/programming/qt/6.5.0/msvc2019_64`
+* `QT_TOOLS`:  for additional build tools provided by official Qt installer, e.g. `D:/programming/qt/Tools`
+* `VCPKG_ROOT`: directory of VCPKG checkout; used for other dependencies, e.g.
+  `D:/programming/projects\c++\cmake\vcpkg`
+
+
 #### Arch Linux package
 The repository [PKGBUILDs](https://github.com/Martchus/PKGBUILDs) contains files for building Arch Linux packages of the latest release and
 the Git master.