diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 187fccd493c..4da4284a495 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ if (Qt5_VERSION VERSION_LESS 6.0.0)
   endif()
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL GNU)
     add_compile_options(-Wno-missing-field-initializers)
-endif()
+  endif()
 else()
   # Common intermediate directory for QML modules which are defined via qt_add_qml_module()
   set(QT_QML_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/qml_modules")
+
+  # This includes the code that will enable higher compiler warnings level (/W3 for MSVC, -Wall -Wextra for GCC)
+  # This is controlled by QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS target property.
+  include(QtCompilerFlags)
 endif()
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS LinguistTools QUIET)
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Quick QuickWidgets Designer DesignerComponents Help SerialPort Svg Tools QUIET)
diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 3a056ee7844..c4f8d1f0a6c 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ function(add_qtc_library name)
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${_output_binary_dir}/${_DESTINATION}"
     LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${_output_binary_dir}/${IDE_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${_output_binary_dir}/${IDE_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE_PATH}"
+    QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS OFF
     ${_arg_PROPERTIES}
   )
 
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ function(add_qtc_plugin target_name)
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${_output_binary_dir}/${plugin_dir}"
     OUTPUT_NAME "${name}"
     QT_SKIP_TRANSLATION "${skip_translation}"
+    QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS OFF
     ${_arg_PROPERTIES}
   )
 
@@ -667,6 +669,7 @@ function(add_qtc_executable name)
     CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
     CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden
     VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON
+    QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS OFF
     ${_arg_PROPERTIES}
   )
   if (NOT _arg_SKIP_PCH)