diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e355b1d0f28..ee0e0051d38 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ endfunction()
 set_if_target(_has_svg_target Qt5::Svg)
 option(ENABLE_SVG_SUPPORT "Enable SVG support" "${_has_svg_target}")
 
+# specify standards conformance mode to MSVC 2017 and later
+if (MSVC AND MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1910)
+    add_compile_options(/permissive-)
+endif()
+
 add_library(OptionalSvg INTERFACE)
 if (TARGET Qt5::Svg AND ENABLE_SVG_SUPPORT)
   target_link_libraries(OptionalSvg INTERFACE Qt5::Svg)
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-clang-printing.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-clang-printing.cpp
index 4c10958f52d..c7004d25c50 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-clang-printing.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/gtest-clang-printing.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <clangdocumentsuspenderresumer.h>
 #include <clangreferencescollector.h>
+#include <filepathview.h>
 #include <fulltokeninfo.h>
 #include <tokenprocessor.h>