diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cf9cea82c645f5c98956923b1798ec80854448b..11e1923c98bb66a44526597ab40c845a4e9a2cd0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
 include(FetchGTest)
 
-option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS "Build unit tests." ON)
+option(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS "Build unit tests." OFF)
 option(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Build with Clang-Tidy checks." OFF)
 
 if(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
@@ -29,34 +29,55 @@ if(KLEIDIAI_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy")
 endif()
 
-set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_C
-    "-Wall"
-    "-Wdisabled-optimization"
-    "-Werror"
-    "-Wextra"
-    "-Wformat-security"
-    "-Wformat=2"
-    "-Winit-self"
-    "-Wno-ignored-attributes"
-    "-Wno-misleading-indentation"
-    "-Wno-overlength-strings"
-    "-Wstrict-overflow=2"
-    "-Wswitch-default"
-)
+if(MSVC)
+    set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_C
+        "/Wall"
+    )
+else()
+    set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_C
+        "-Wall"
+        "-Wdisabled-optimization"
+        "-Werror"
+        "-Wextra"
+        "-Wformat-security"
+        "-Wformat=2"
+        "-Winit-self"
+        "-Wno-ignored-attributes"
+        "-Wno-misleading-indentation"
+        "-Wno-overlength-strings"
+        "-Wstrict-overflow=2"
+        "-Wswitch-default"
+    )
 
-set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_CXX
-    "-Wctor-dtor-privacy"
-    "-Weffc++"
-    "-Woverloaded-virtual"
-    "-Wsign-promo"
-)
+    set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_CXX
+        "-Wctor-dtor-privacy"
+        "-Weffc++"
+        "-Woverloaded-virtual"
+        "-Wsign-promo"
+    )
+endif()
 
 set(KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS
     ${KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_C}
     $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS_CXX}>
 )
 
-set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON
+set(KLEIDIAI_MIN_CLANG_VERSION 11)
+set(KLEIDIAI_MIN_GNU_VERSION 11)
+
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+    if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS ${KLEIDIAI_MIN_CLANG_VERSION})
+        message(WARNING "KleidiAI: Using non-supported Clang version. Expected ${KLEIDIAI_MIN_CLANG_VERSION} or newer, received ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} ")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS ${KLEIDIAI_MIN_GNU_VERSION})
+        message(WARNING "KleidiAI: Using non-supported Clang version. Expected ${KLEIDIAI_MIN_GNU_VERSION} or newer, received ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} ")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_SCALAR
     kai/ukernels/matmul/pack/kai_lhs_quant_pack_qai8dxp_f32.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/pack/kai_rhs_pack_nxk_qsi4cxp_qsu4cxs1s0.c
 )
@@ -78,12 +99,22 @@ set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4cxp8x8_8x8x32_neon_i8mm.c
 )
 
-add_library(kleidiai
-    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON}
-    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_FP16}
-    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD}
-    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM}
-)
+add_library(kleidiai)
+target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SCALAR})
+
+# MSVC compiler does not support inline assembly for Arm® processors hence it cannot be used to compile the optimized
+# KleidiAI micro-kernels. It can however still be used to compile scalar routines.
+# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/assembler/inline/inline-assembler?view=msvc-170
+if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "aarch64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "arm64") AND NOT MSVC)
+    target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_FP16})
+    target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM})
+    target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD})
+
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SCALAR} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8-a)
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_FP16} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+fp16)
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+dotprod)
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+i8mm)
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(kleidiai
     PUBLIC  .
@@ -93,22 +124,6 @@ target_compile_options(kleidiai
     PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_WARNING_FLAGS}
 )
 
-foreach(KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON)
-    set_property(SOURCE ${KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8-a)
-endforeach()
-
-foreach(KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_FP16)
-    set_property(SOURCE ${KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+fp16)
-endforeach()
-
-foreach(KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD)
-    set_property(SOURCE ${KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+dotprod)
-endforeach()
-
-foreach(KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM)
-    set_property(SOURCE ${KLEIDIAI_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS -march=armv8.2-a+i8mm)
-endforeach()
-
 if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
     include(GoogleTest)