diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 310ab61d..420cbe61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ elseif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 endif()
 
-# under msvc make sure __cplusplus, parallel build and utf-8 enabled
+# under msvc make sure __cplusplus, parallel build
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
-    string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " /Zc:__cplusplus /MP /utf-8")
+    string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " /Zc:__cplusplus /MP")
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
@@ -283,7 +283,20 @@ if(SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
         target_compile_options(spdlog PRIVATE /EHs-c-)
     endif()
 endif()
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# {fmt} lib requires /utf-8 flag or FMT_UNICODE=0 under MSVC
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if(NOT SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT)
+	if(MSVC)
+		if(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT OR SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE)
+			target_compile_options(spdlog PUBLIC /utf-8)
+		else() 
+            target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC FMT_UNICODE=0)
+       endif()
+    endif() 
+ endif()
+
 # Build binaries
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE OR SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO OR SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL)