diff --git a/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e60db8b..b1639a62 100644
--- a/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ if(MSVC)
     # Disable RTTI
     string(REPLACE "/GR" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /GR-")
+
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /utf-8")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /utf-8")
 else()
     string(REGEX REPLACE "-std=[a-z0-9]+" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99")