diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c37c8b2..fb7a056e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ else()
         )
 endif()
 
+# required options to use toml11 with MSVC
+if(MSVC)
+    target_compile_options(toml11 PUBLIC "/utf-8")
+    if(MSVC_VERSION LESS 1910)
+        message(STATUS "MSVC < 1910. DEFINE_CONVERSION_NON_INTRUSIVE is disabled")
+        target_compile_definitions(toml11 PUBLIC -DTOML11_WITHOUT_DEFINE_NON_INTRUSIVE)
+    elseif(MSVC_VERSION LESS 1920) # MSVC 2017
+        target_compile_options(toml11 PUBLIC "/experimental:preprocessor")
+    else() # MSVC 2019
+        target_compile_options(toml11 PUBLIC "/Zc:preprocessor")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if(TOML11_INSTALL)
 
     include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)