diff --git a/Meta/CMake/common_compile_options.cmake b/Meta/CMake/common_compile_options.cmake
index c6956797e3f..0dd4a727bf3 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/common_compile_options.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/common_compile_options.cmake
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ if (MSVC)
     add_link_options(/STACK:0x800000)
     # disable floating-point expression contraction
     add_cxx_compile_options(/fp:precise)
+    # reduces object size
+    add_cxx_compile_options(/Zc:inline)
+    # equivalent of -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+    add_cxx_compile_options(/Zc:dllexportInlines-)
+    # clang-cl has this off by default unlike other clang versions
+    add_cxx_compile_options(-fstrict-aliasing)
+    add_cxx_compile_options(/Gw)
+    if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo" OR "Debug")
+        add_cxx_compile_options(-gcodeview-ghash)
+        add_cxx_link_options(/DEBUG:GHASH)
+    endif()
 else()
     add_cxx_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra)
     add_cxx_compile_options(-fno-exceptions)
diff --git a/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake b/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
index 904fbe169c7..3f0619e957a 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ if (NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT WIN32 AND NOT LAGOM_USE_LINKER)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+if(WIN32 AND NOT LAGOM_USE_LINKER)
+    # We do not need to check for its presence.
+    # We know it is there with the installation of clang-cl which we require.
+    set(LAGOM_USE_LINKER "lld" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 if (LAGOM_USE_LINKER)
     # FIXME: Move to only setting CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE once we drop support for CMake < 3.29
     if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.29)