diff --git a/cmake/OpusConfig.cmake b/cmake/OpusConfig.cmake
index e9319fbad..d0f459e88 100644
--- a/cmake/OpusConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpusConfig.cmake
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ elseif(OPUS_CPU_ARM AND NOT OPUS_DISABLE_INTRINSICS)
   opus_detect_neon(COMPILER_SUPPORT_NEON)
   if(COMPILER_SUPPORT_NEON)
     option(OPUS_USE_NEON "Option to enable NEON" ON)
-    option(OPUS_MAY_HAVE_NEON "Does runtime check for neon support" ON)
+    if (MSVC AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+      set(NEON_RUNTIME_CHECK_DEFAULT OFF)
+    else()
+      set(NEON_RUNTIME_CHECK_DEFAULT ON)
+    endif()
+    option(OPUS_MAY_HAVE_NEON "Does runtime check for neon support" ${NEON_RUNTIME_CHECK_DEFAULT})
     option(OPUS_PRESUME_NEON "Assume target CPU has NEON support" OFF)
     if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "aarch64")
       set(OPUS_PRESUME_NEON ON)