diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 824d9f2cf..f7be1e54b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -421,10 +421,16 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "arm" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "aarch64")
+if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "arm" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "ARM64" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "aarch64")
     message(STATUS "ARM detected")
     if (MSVC)
         # TODO: arm msvc?
+        # x86 add_compile_options(/arch:AVX2)
+        add_compile_definitions(__ARM_NEON)
+        add_compile_definitions(__ARM_FEATURE_FMA)
+        add_compile_definitions(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
+        #add_compile_definitions(__ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC)
+        add_compile_definitions(__aarch64__) # MSVC _M_ARM64
     else()
         if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv6")
             # Raspberry Pi 1, Zero
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 44c43b424..057902c1f 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ typedef double ggml_float;
 // 16-bit float
 // on Arm, we use __fp16
 // on x86, we use uint16_t
-#ifdef __ARM_NEON
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
 
 // if YCM cannot find <arm_neon.h>, make a symbolic link to it, for example:
 //
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 3a946dbdc..a26ae69b3 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __ARM_NEON
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
     // we use the built-in 16-bit float type
     typedef __fp16 ggml_fp16_t;
 #else
diff --git a/k_quants.c b/k_quants.c
index 6348fce6b..005de0c17 100644
--- a/k_quants.c
+++ b/k_quants.c
@@ -2526,7 +2526,13 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q4_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 
         memcpy(utmp, x[i].scales, 12);
 
-        const uint32x2_t mins8 = {utmp[1] & kmask1, ((utmp[2] >> 4) & kmask2) | (((utmp[1] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4)};
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+        uint32x2_t mins8 = {utmp[1] & kmask1, ((utmp[2] >> 4) & kmask2) | (((utmp[1] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4)};
+#else
+        uint32x2_t mins8;
+        mins8.n64_u32[0] = utmp[1] & kmask1;
+        mins8.n64_u32[1] = ((utmp[2] >> 4) & kmask2) | (((utmp[1] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4);
+#endif
         utmp[1] = (utmp[2] & kmask2) | (((utmp[0] >> 6) & kmask3) << 4);
         utmp[0] &= kmask1;