diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 591a9536..ebdc8a17 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,21 +28,26 @@ include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 
 option(WITH_TESTS "build with tests" OFF)
 option(WITH_BENCHMARKS "build with benchmarks" OFF)
-option(WITH_PYTHON "build with Python scripting support" OFF)
-option(WITH_LEGACY_FUSE "build fuse2 driver even if we have fuse3" OFF)
-option(WITH_MAN_PAGES "build man pages using ronn" ON)
-option(ENABLE_ASAN "enable address sanitizer" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_TSAN "enable thread sanitizer" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_UBSAN "enable undefined behaviour sanitizer" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "enable code coverage" OFF)
-option(USE_JEMALLOC "build with jemalloc" ON)
-option(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBFMT "use system libfmt if available" OFF)
-option(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBARCHIVE "use system libarchive if available" OFF)
-option(PREFER_SYSTEM_ZSTD "use system zstd if available" OFF)
-option(PREFER_SYSTEM_XXHASH "use system xxHash if available" OFF)
-option(PREFER_SYSTEM_GTEST "use system gtest if available" OFF)
-option(DISABLE_CCACHE "disable ccache" OFF)
-option(STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE "try static build (experimental)" OFF)
+if(WIN32)
+  set(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBFMT ON)
+  set(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBARCHIVE ON)
+else()
+  option(WITH_PYTHON "build with Python scripting support" OFF)
+  option(WITH_LEGACY_FUSE "build fuse2 driver even if we have fuse3" OFF)
+  option(WITH_MAN_PAGES "build man pages using ronn" ON)
+  option(ENABLE_ASAN "enable address sanitizer" OFF)
+  option(ENABLE_TSAN "enable thread sanitizer" OFF)
+  option(ENABLE_UBSAN "enable undefined behaviour sanitizer" OFF)
+  option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "enable code coverage" OFF)
+  option(USE_JEMALLOC "build with jemalloc" ON)
+  option(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBFMT "use system libfmt if available" OFF)
+  option(PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBARCHIVE "use system libarchive if available" OFF)
+  option(PREFER_SYSTEM_ZSTD "use system zstd if available" OFF)
+  option(PREFER_SYSTEM_XXHASH "use system xxHash if available" OFF)
+  option(PREFER_SYSTEM_GTEST "use system gtest if available" OFF)
+  option(DISABLE_CCACHE "disable ccache" OFF)
+  option(STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE "try static build (experimental)" OFF)
+endif()
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{DWARFS_LOCAL_REPO_PATH})
   set(LIBFMT_GIT_REPO $ENV{DWARFS_LOCAL_REPO_PATH}/fmt)