diff --git a/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index a50066fc86..b8607ef950 100644
--- a/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ set(ENABLE_SPVREMAPPER OFF CACHE BOOL "we don't need spvremapper" FORCE)
 set(ZLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "we don't need zlib examples" FORCE)
 
 # We only feed glslang GLSL, so its HLSL frontend is dead weight (and once hit an NDK 20 compiler
-# issue, PPSSPP issue #12105).
-set(ENABLE_HLSL OFF CACHE BOOL "let's not build HLSL support we don't need" FORCE)
+# issue, PPSSPP issue #12105). Windows keeps it, to match the MSVC and UWP projects.
+if(NOT WIN32)
+	set(ENABLE_HLSL OFF CACHE BOOL "let's not build HLSL support we don't need" FORCE)
+endif()
 
 # This works around a bug in cpu_features when ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} != ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINRARY_DIR}.
 # We also disable the list_cpu_features binary.