diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 409f4bd6d..544622c34 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ if(BUILD_OUT_OF_TREE)
   include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/common/bootstrap.cmake"
           NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
   include(compilerconfig)
+  # OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS here ensures FindOpenSSL picks up the static libs
+  # preventing DLL name collisions with other plugins (e.g.NVIDIA AR SDK).
+  if(OS_WINDOWS)
+    set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS
+        ON
+        CACHE BOOL "Use static OpenSSL" FORCE)
+    include(cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake)
+  endif()
   include(defaults)
   include(helpers)
 endif()
@@ -34,11 +42,6 @@ include(cmake/common/get_git_revision_description.cmake)
 get_git_head_revision(GIT_REFSPEC GIT_SHA1)
 git_describe(GIT_TAG)
 
-# Helper for OpenSSL
-if(OS_WINDOWS)
-  include(cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake)
-endif()
-
 if(${GIT_TAG} STREQUAL "GIT-NOTFOUND")
   set(GIT_TAG ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake b/cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake
index 04966e426..f68fc7af2 100644
--- a/cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/windows/wingetssl.cmake
@@ -40,19 +40,27 @@ if(WIN32 AND (NOT OpenSSL_FOUND))
   message(STATUS "Looking for OpenSSL built with CRT variant: ${_crt_kind}")
 
   # Try to find the root and corresponding lib path
+  if(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+    set(_crypto_lib_name "libcrypto_static.lib")
+    set(_ssl_lib_name "libssl_static.lib")
+  else()
+    set(_crypto_lib_name "libcrypto.lib")
+    set(_ssl_lib_name "libssl.lib")
+  endif()
+
   foreach(_root ${_openssl_roots})
     if(EXISTS "${_root}/include/openssl/ssl.h")
       foreach(_suffix ${_openssl_lib_suffixes})
         if(_suffix MATCHES "${_crt_kind}$"
-           AND EXISTS "${_root}/${_suffix}/libcrypto.lib")
+           AND EXISTS "${_root}/${_suffix}/${_crypto_lib_name}")
           set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR
               "${_root}"
               CACHE PATH "Path to OpenSSL root")
           set(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY
-              "${_root}/${_suffix}/libcrypto.lib"
+              "${_root}/${_suffix}/${_crypto_lib_name}"
               CACHE FILEPATH "OpenSSL crypto lib")
           set(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY
-              "${_root}/${_suffix}/libssl.lib"
+              "${_root}/${_suffix}/${_ssl_lib_name}"
               CACHE FILEPATH "OpenSSL ssl lib")
           set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
               "${_root}/include"
diff --git a/plugins/http/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/http/CMakeLists.txt
index 4deb16ba1..f4af791e7 100644
--- a/plugins/http/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/http/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if(NOT TARGET httplib)
                    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
-if(OS_MACOS)
+if(OS_MACOS OR OS_WINDOWS)
   set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS
       ON
       CACHE BOOL "Use static OpenSSL" FORCE)
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ if(NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   message(WARNING "OpenSSL not found!\n" "HTTP support will be disabled!\n\n")
   return()
 endif()
+if(OS_WINDOWS AND NOT OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY MATCHES "_static\\.lib$")
+  message(
+    WARNING
+      "Static OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto_static.lib / libssl_static.lib) not found!\n"
+      "HTTP support will be disabled to avoid DLL name collisions with other plugins.\n\n"
+  )
+  return()
+endif()
 
 find_package(ZLIB)
 if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
@@ -65,29 +73,7 @@ set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "${CPP_HTTPLIB_DIR}/"
                                                    "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ZLIB::ZLIB)
-install_advss_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME})
 if(OS_WINDOWS)
-  # Couldn't really find a better way to install runtime dependencies for
-  # Windows TODO: Clean this up at some point
-  function(FIND_FILES_WITH_PATTERN result pattern dir)
-    execute_process(
-      COMMAND
-        powershell -Command
-        "Get-ChildItem -Path '${dir}' -Recurse -Include ${pattern} |"
-        "Select-Object -First 1 |"
-        "ForEach-Object { $_.FullName -replace '\\\\', '\\\\' }"
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE files
-      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    set(${result}
-        ${files}
-        PARENT_SCOPE)
-  endfunction()
-
-  set(OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/..")
-  find_files_with_pattern(CRYPTO_DLL_FILES "libcrypto*.dll"
-                          "${OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR}")
-  find_files_with_pattern(SSL_DLL_FILES "libssl*.dll"
-                          "${OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR}")
-  install_advss_plugin_dependency(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} DEPENDENCIES
-                                  "${CRYPTO_DLL_FILES}" "${SSL_DLL_FILES}")
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ws2_32 crypt32 bcrypt)
 endif()
+install_advss_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/plugins/mqtt/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/mqtt/CMakeLists.txt
index 0397315e5..b1c4519d7 100644
--- a/plugins/mqtt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/mqtt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@ project(advanced-scene-switcher-mqtt)
 
 # --- Check paho.mqtt.cpp requirements ---
 
-if(OS_MACOS)
+if(OS_MACOS OR OS_WINDOWS)
   set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS
       ON
       CACHE BOOL "Use static OpenSSL" FORCE)
 endif()
 find_package(OpenSSL)
+if(OS_WINDOWS
+   AND OPENSSL_FOUND
+   AND NOT OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY MATCHES "_static\\.lib$")
+  message(
+    WARNING
+      "Static OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto_static.lib / libssl_static.lib) not found!\n"
+      "MQTT may fail at runtime due to OpenSSL DLL name collisions with other plugins.\n\n"
+  )
+endif()
 
 find_package(PahoMqttCpp)
 if(NOT PahoMqttCpp_FOUND)
@@ -51,4 +60,7 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
                         PRIVATE PahoMqttCpp::paho-mqttpp3-static)
 endif()
+if(OS_WINDOWS)
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ws2_32 crypt32 bcrypt)
+endif()
 install_advss_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/plugins/twitch/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/twitch/CMakeLists.txt
index ffa92069f..36a26c0ea 100644
--- a/plugins/twitch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/twitch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if(NOT TARGET httplib)
                    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
-if(OS_MACOS)
+if(OS_MACOS OR OS_WINDOWS)
   set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS
       ON
       CACHE BOOL "Use static OpenSSL" FORCE)
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ if(NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   message(WARNING "OpenSSL not found!\n" "Twitch support will be disabled!\n\n")
   return()
 endif()
+if(OS_WINDOWS AND NOT OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY MATCHES "_static\\.lib$")
+  message(
+    WARNING
+      "Static OpenSSL libraries (libcrypto_static.lib / libssl_static.lib) not found!\n"
+      "Twitch support will be disabled to avoid DLL name collisions with other plugins.\n\n"
+  )
+  return()
+endif()
 
 find_package(ZLIB)
 if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
@@ -90,30 +98,7 @@ set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "${CPP_HTTPLIB_DIR}/"
                                                    "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ZLIB::ZLIB)
-
-install_advss_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME})
 if(OS_WINDOWS)
-  # Couldn't really find a better way to install runtime dependencies for
-  # Windows TODO: Clean this up at some point
-  function(FIND_FILES_WITH_PATTERN result pattern dir)
-    execute_process(
-      COMMAND
-        powershell -Command
-        "Get-ChildItem -Path '${dir}' -Recurse -Include ${pattern} |"
-        "Select-Object -First 1 |"
-        "ForEach-Object { $_.FullName -replace '\\\\', '\\\\' }"
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE files
-      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    set(${result}
-        ${files}
-        PARENT_SCOPE)
-  endfunction()
-
-  set(OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/..")
-  find_files_with_pattern(CRYPTO_DLL_FILES "libcrypto*.dll"
-                          "${OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR}")
-  find_files_with_pattern(SSL_DLL_FILES "libssl*.dll"
-                          "${OPENSSL_DLL_SEARCH_DIR}")
-  install_advss_plugin_dependency(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} DEPENDENCIES
-                                  "${CRYPTO_DLL_FILES}" "${SSL_DLL_FILES}")
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ws2_32 crypt32 bcrypt)
 endif()
+install_advss_plugin(${PROJECT_NAME})