diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
index e94a946678..7e791f588e 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/Base.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       <!--Enforce some behaviors as standards-conformant when they don't default as such-->
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:inline /Zc:rvalueCast /volatile:iso %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <!--Enable detailed debug info-->
-      <AdditionalOptions>/Zo %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/Zo /utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <!--
       This is for GetVersionEx being marked as depreciated - which is idiotic and there's