diff --git a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
index c54bc94f..acffe0c3 100644
--- a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
+++ b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ macro(config_compiler_and_linker)
     set(cxx_base_flags "${cxx_base_flags} -D_UNICODE -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -D_WIN32")
     set(cxx_base_flags "${cxx_base_flags} -DSTRICT -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN")
     set(cxx_exception_flags "-EHsc -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=1")
-    set(cxx_no_exception_flags "-D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0")
+    set(cxx_no_exception_flags "-EHs-c- -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0")
     set(cxx_no_rtti_flags "-GR-")
   elseif (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(cxx_base_flags "-Wall -Wshadow -Werror")