diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index fc0f3b350e..1e5fc30dd4 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define _SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING
+#endif
+
 #include "common.h"
 // Change JSON_ASSERT from assert() to GGML_ASSERT:
 #define JSON_ASSERT GGML_ASSERT
diff --git a/src/unicode.cpp b/src/unicode.cpp
index 51daa15afa..e05fb9d177 100644
--- a/src/unicode.cpp
+++ b/src/unicode.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define _SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING
+#endif
+
 #include "unicode.h"
 #include "unicode-data.h"