diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 0ae8f1a3872..599db4b8deb 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ else:
     # MSVC doesn't have clear C standard support, /std only covers C++.
     # We apply it to CCFLAGS (both C and C++ code) in case it impacts C features.
     env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["/std:c++17"])
+    # MSVC is non-conforming with the C++ standard by default, so we enable more conformance.
+    # Note that this is still not complete conformance, as certain Windows-related headers
+    # don't compile under complete conformance.
+    env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["/permissive-"])
 
 # Disable exception handling. Godot doesn't use exceptions anywhere, and this
 # saves around 20% of binary size and very significant build time (GH-80513).