diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index ffc56c973eb..f6021d1c01b 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     set(WITH_WINDOWS_STRIPPED_PDB OFF)
   endif()
 else()
-  if(WITH_BLENDER AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 19.28.29921) # MSVC 2019 16.9.16
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler is unsupported, MSVC 2019 16.9.16 or newer is required for building blender.")
+  if(WITH_BLENDER)
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 19.28.29921) # MSVC 2019 16.9.16
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler is unsupported, MSVC 2019 16.9.16 or newer is required for building blender.")
+    endif()
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 19.36.32532 AND # MSVC 2022 17.6.0 has a bad codegen
+       CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 19.37.32705)             # But it is fixed in 2022 17.7 preview 1
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler is unsupported, MSVC 2022 17.6.x has codegen issues and cannot be used to build blender. Please use MSVC 17.5 for the time being.")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()