diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93d20f3..d42f7a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ endif()
 
 include (CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
+if (WIN32 AND NOT TARGET nowide)
+  include(FetchContent)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    nowide
+    URL https://github.com/boostorg/nowide/releases/download/v11.3.0/nowide_standalone_v11.3.0.tar.gz
+    URL_HASH SHA256=153ac93173c8de9c08e7701e471fa750f84c27e51fe329570c5aa06016591f8c
+    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+  )
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nowide)
+endif ()
+
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
   find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 endif()
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index fabb45c..f98582e 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ target_link_libraries(nod PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:spdlog::spdlog>)
 
 if(WIN32)
   target_sources(nod PRIVATE FileIOWin32.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(nod PRIVATE nowide::nowide)
 else()
   target_compile_options(nod PRIVATE -Wno-multichar)
   target_sources(nod PRIVATE FileIOFILE.cpp)