diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbbb520..9b6d4b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(whisper.cpp VERSION 1.2.1)
 
+if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
+    add_compile_options(/utf-8)
+endif ()
+
 # Add path to modules
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")