diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa551b103..16993735a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ else()
     include(cmake/conan_build.cmake)
 endif()
 
-add_compile_options("$<$<C_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>")
-add_compile_options("$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>")
-
 #############################################################
 # LIBRARY
 
@@ -189,6 +186,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(${BTCPP_LIBRARY} PUBLIC BTCPP_LIBRARY_VERSION="${CMAK
 target_compile_features(${BTCPP_LIBRARY} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 
 if(MSVC)
+	target_compile_options(${BTCPP_LIBRARY} PRIVATE "/source-charset:utf-8")
 else()
     target_compile_options(${BTCPP_LIBRARY} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra)
 endif()