diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ae3dada6..fd672209 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ if(UNIX)
 	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99 -O2 -fPIC")
 elseif(MSVC)
 	# Skip warning for invalid conversion from size_t to uint32_t for all targets below for now
-	add_compile_options ("/permissive-;/Zc:inline;/wd4267;/utf-8")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /permissive- /Zc:inline")
+	add_compile_options ("/wd4267" "/utf-8")
 elseif(WIN32)
 	add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()