diff --git a/reactos/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c886e8061c..56f09b11646 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ add_executable(geninc geninc/geninc.c)
 add_executable(mkshelllink mkshelllink/mkshelllink.c)
 add_executable(obj2bin obj2bin/obj2bin.c)
 add_executable(spec2def spec2def/spec2def.c)
+
+if(MSVC)
+    set_property(SOURCE utf16le/utf16le.cpp APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " /EHsc")
+endif()
 add_executable(utf16le utf16le/utf16le.cpp)
 
 add_subdirectory(cabman)
diff --git a/reactos/tools/hhpcomp/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/tools/hhpcomp/CMakeLists.txt
index bbe004a6319..02e67820afc 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/hhpcomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/tools/hhpcomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,13 @@ list(APPEND SOURCE
 # used by lzx_compress
 add_definitions(-DNONSLIDE)
 
+if(MSVC)
+    set_property(SOURCE
+        hhpcomp.cpp
+        hhp_reader.cpp
+        utils.cpp
+        APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " /EHsc")
+endif()
+
 add_executable(hhpcomp ${SOURCE})
 target_link_libraries(hhpcomp)