I found that the cmake project for libmysql has an OS-specific cmake file for Windows which forces static runtimes to be used when generating the Visual Studio solution:
75 # Force static runtime libraries
83 FOREACH(flag
84 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
85 CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT
86 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
87 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT)
88 STRING(REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" "${flag}" "${${flag}}")
89 SET("${flag}" "${${flag}} /EHsc")
98 ENDFOREACH()