diff --git a/Modules/FindOpenMP.cmake b/Modules/FindOpenMP.cmake
index 69099f7620..f26b864195 100644
--- a/Modules/FindOpenMP.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindOpenMP.cmake
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ function(_OPENMP_GET_FLAGS LANG FLAG_MODE OPENMP_FLAG_VAR OPENMP_LIB_NAMES_VAR)
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE OpenMP_TRY_COMPILE_OUTPUT
     )
 
-    if(OpenMP_COMPILE_RESULT_${FLAG_MODE}_${OPENMP_PLAIN_FLAG})
+    if(OpenMP_COMPILE_RESULT_${FLAG_MODE}_${OPENMP_PLAIN_FLAG} AND
+       NOT "x${CMAKE_${LANG}_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
       set("${OPENMP_FLAG_VAR}" "${OPENMP_FLAG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 
       if(CMAKE_${LANG}_VERBOSE_FLAG)