diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 35c0fde9..afda2965 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v2
         with:
           cmake-version: '3.25.x'
+      - name: Set up MSVC environment
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
       - name: Configuring CMake files
         id: building-files
         run: |
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 46be2876..b3bd835c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
             f"-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY={extdir}",
             f"-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE={sys.executable}",
             f"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={cfg}",  # not used on MSVC, but no harm
+            "-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5",
         ]
         build_args = []
         # Adding CMake arguments set as environment variable