diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88852b8..a708dc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ template:
 - fixed null pointer dereference in parser when exceptions are disabled (#169) (@ncaklovic)
 - fixed spurious warnings in MSVC 19.34
 - fixed some `_Float16` detection issues
+- fixed `toml::parse_file()` on windows for non-ASCII paths
 
 <br><br>
 
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
index ad4aeaa..7aa9afb 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
@@ -3762,7 +3762,11 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		std::ifstream file;
 		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
+#if TOML_WINDOWS
+		file.open(impl::widen(file_path_str), std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
+#else
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
+#endif
 		if (!file.is_open())
 			TOML_PARSE_FILE_ERROR("File could not be opened for reading", file_path_str);
 
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/std_string.inl b/include/toml++/impl/std_string.inl
index 78a47cc..e288048 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/std_string.inl
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/std_string.inl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #endif
 //# }}
 
-#if TOML_ENABLE_WINDOWS_COMPAT
+#if TOML_WINDOWS
 #include "std_string.h"
 #ifndef _WINDOWS_
 #if TOML_INCLUDE_WINDOWS_H
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_END;
 
 #include "header_end.h"
-#endif // TOML_ENABLE_WINDOWS_COMPAT
+#endif // TOML_WINDOWS
diff --git a/toml.hpp b/toml.hpp
index 44598c4..f1a7c14 100644
--- a/toml.hpp
+++ b/toml.hpp
@@ -9690,7 +9690,7 @@ TOML_POP_WARNINGS;
 
 //********  impl/std_string.inl  ***************************************************************************************
 
-#if TOML_ENABLE_WINDOWS_COMPAT
+#if TOML_WINDOWS
 
 #ifndef _WINDOWS_
 #if TOML_INCLUDE_WINDOWS_H
@@ -9789,7 +9789,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_END;
 #endif
 TOML_POP_WARNINGS;
 
-#endif // TOML_ENABLE_WINDOWS_COMPAT
+#endif // TOML_WINDOWS
 
 //********  impl/print_to_stream.inl  **********************************************************************************
 
@@ -15730,7 +15730,11 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		std::ifstream file;
 		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
+#if TOML_WINDOWS
+		file.open(impl::widen(file_path_str), std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
+#else
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
+#endif
 		if (!file.is_open())
 			TOML_PARSE_FILE_ERROR("File could not be opened for reading", file_path_str);