diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9c3d37..52c6f93 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ if(MSVC)
     endif()
 
     if((MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1928) AND (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
+       AND NOT TARGET OpenEXR::OpenEXR # as dependency of package directxtex
        AND ((NOT (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")) OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 13.0)))
       foreach(t IN LISTS TOOL_EXES ITEMS ${PROJECT_NAME})
         target_compile_options(${t} PRIVATE "$<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/guard:ehcont>")