diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f5c5fb6..0ca84f0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ set(ads_HEADERS
     IconProvider.h
     DockComponentsFactory.h
 )
+add_compile_options("$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>")
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(ads_SRCS linux/FloatingWidgetTitleBar.cpp ${ads_SRCS})
     set(ads_HEADERS linux/FloatingWidgetTitleBar.h ${ads_HEADERS})