diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0155d493..304167886 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,34 @@ option(BUILD_CAPTIONS "Build captions" FALSE)
 
 if(WIN32)
 	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+	# Check for Win SDK version 10.0.18362 or above
+	if(MSVC AND MSVC_VERSION LESS 1920)
+		message(STATUS "Windows API version is ${CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}")
+		string(REPLACE "." ";" WINAPI_VER "${CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}")
+
+		list(GET WINAPI_VER 0 WINAPI_VER_MAJOR)
+		list(GET WINAPI_VER 1 WINAPI_VER_MINOR)
+		list(GET WINAPI_VER 2 WINAPI_VER_BUILD)
+
+		set(WINAPI_COMPATIBLE FALSE)
+		if(WINAPI_VER_MAJOR EQUAL 10)
+			if (WINAPI_VER_MINOR EQUAL 0)
+				if (WINAPI_VER_BUILD GREATER_EQUAL 18362)
+					set(WINAPI_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+				endif()
+			else()
+				set(WINAPI_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+			endif()
+		elseif(WINAPI_VER_MAJOR GREATER 10)
+			set(WINAPI_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+		endif()
+
+		if(NOT WINAPI_COMPATIBLE)
+			message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS requires Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.18362.0 and above to compile.\nPlease download the most recent Windows 10 SDK in order to compile (or update to Visual Studio 2019).")
+		endif()
+	endif()
+
 	if (QTDIR OR DEFINED ENV{QTDIR} OR DEFINED ENV{QTDIR32} OR DEFINED ENV{QTDIR64})
 		# Qt path set by user or env var
 	else()