diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 517a957f4..e1fd051c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -347,8 +347,11 @@ ELSEIF(MSVC)
   elseif((GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG) OR (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release))
     message("-- MSVC PDB generation disabled. Release binary will not be debuggable.")
   endif()
-  # Source code is encoded in UTF-8
-  ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS(/source-charset:utf-8)
+  if(NOT /utf-8 IN_LIST CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+    # Source code is encoded in UTF-8
+    ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS(/source-charset:utf-8)
+  endif ()
+
 ELSEIF (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" )
   IF(NOT ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
     SET(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)