diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index ce176bafb9..8fab65ec8d 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ def onnxruntime_cmake_args(images, library_paths):
         ]
     else:
         if target_platform() == "windows":
+
+            cargs.append("--compile-no-warning-as-error"
+                         )
             if "base" in images:
                 cargs.append(
                     cmake_backend_arg(