diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af634d61..7a554ef4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ endif()
 if(WIN32)
     option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT "Support wchar api" OFF)
     option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES "Support wchar filenames" OFF)
+    option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE "Support wchar output to console" OFF)
 else()
     set(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT OFF CACHE BOOL "non supported option" FORCE)
     set(SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES OFF CACHE BOOL "non supported option" FORCE)
+    set(SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE OFF CACHE BOOL "non supported option" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
@@ -237,9 +239,11 @@ endif()
 # Misc definitions according to tweak options
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT ${SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT})
+set(SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE ${SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE})
 foreach(
     SPDLOG_OPTION
     SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
+    SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE
     SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES
     SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS
     SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h
index 10b8a74a..696db566 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h
@@ -134,9 +134,18 @@ void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<ConsoleMutex>::print_range_(const memory_buf_t
                                                              size_t start,
                                                              size_t end) {
     if (end > start) {
+#if defined(SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE)
+        wmemory_buf_t wformatted;
+        details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf(string_view_t(formatted.data() + start, end - start),
+            wformatted);
+        auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(wformatted.size());
+        auto ignored = ::WriteConsoleW(static_cast<HANDLE>(out_handle_), wformatted.data(), size,
+            nullptr, nullptr);
+#else
         auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(end - start);
         auto ignored = ::WriteConsoleA(static_cast<HANDLE>(out_handle_), formatted.data() + start,
                                        size, nullptr, nullptr);
+#endif
         (void)(ignored);
     }
 }