diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c7c2d2..e1b4ba6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 add_library(thermo INTERFACE)
 add_library(thermo::thermo ALIAS thermo)
 
+target_compile_options(thermo INTERFACE
+    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/Zc:__cplusplus>"
+    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>"
+)
+
 target_include_directories(thermo INTERFACE
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>