diff --git a/premake4.lua b/premake4.lua
index 5693b084c..0495c1cb0 100644
--- a/premake4.lua
+++ b/premake4.lua
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ function build_link_configuration( package_name, use_ee_icon )
 	if not is_vs() then
 		buildoptions{ "-std=c++17" }
 	else
-		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17", "/utf-8" }
+		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17", "/utf-8", "/bigobj" }
 	end
 
 	if package_name ~= "eepp" and package_name ~= "eepp-static" then
@@ -936,8 +936,7 @@ function build_eepp( build_name )
 	if not is_vs() then
 		buildoptions{ "-std=c++17" }
 	else
-		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17" }
-		buildoptions{ "/bigobj" }
+		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17", "/utf-8", "/bigobj" }
 	end
 
 	if os.is_real("mingw32") or os.is_real("mingw64") or os.is_real("windows") then
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 6306bf9ff..38052d152 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ function build_link_configuration( package_name, use_ee_icon )
 		end
 
 	filter "action:vs*"
-		buildoptions { "/utf-8" }
+		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17", "/utf-8", "/bigobj" }
 
 	filter "action:not vs*"
 		buildoptions { "-Wall" }
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ function build_eepp( build_name )
 
 	filter "action:vs*"
 		incdirs { "src/thirdparty/libzip/vs" }
-		buildoptions { "/bigobj" }
+		buildoptions{ "/std:c++17", "/utf-8", "/bigobj" }
 
 	filter { "action:export-compile-commands", "system:macosx" }
 		buildoptions { "-std=c++17" }