diff --git a/src/windows/Stella.vcxproj b/src/windows/Stella.vcxproj
index 4e76487cd..df9da9318 100644
--- a/src/windows/Stella.vcxproj
+++ b/src/windows/Stella.vcxproj
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level2</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)%(RelativeDir)</ObjectFileName>
+      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2main.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level2</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)%(RelativeDir)</ObjectFileName>
+      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2main.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>