diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 29aab79441..c032dba973 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
 	path = 3rdparty/libchdr/libchdr
 	url = https://github.com/rtissera/libchdr.git
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "3rdparty/wil"]
+	path = 3rdparty/wil
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/wil.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/3rdparty/wil b/3rdparty/wil
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..3018875eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/wil
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3018875eaa4f8e3d86cf2da97fd577bae59f3aec
diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 932a4e7869..798ea8ed44 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if (WIN32)
 	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/portaudio EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/pthreads4w EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/soundtouch EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/wil EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/wxwidgets3.0 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 	add_subdirectory(3rdparty/xz EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 else()
diff --git a/common/vsprops/3rdpartyDeps.props b/common/vsprops/3rdpartyDeps.props
index 0eb19ad429..873e4f2631 100644
--- a/common/vsprops/3rdpartyDeps.props
+++ b/common/vsprops/3rdpartyDeps.props
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\soundtouch\soundtouch\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\yaml-cpp\yaml-cpp\include\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\fmt\fmt\include\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\libchdr\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\soundtouch\soundtouch\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\yaml-cpp\yaml-cpp\include\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\fmt\fmt\include\;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\libchdr\libchdr\include;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\wil\include;$(SolutionDir)3rdparty\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIL_SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)deps\$(Platform)\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
diff --git a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
index 6257a9a34f..8652ec4f6a 100644
--- a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 		WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 		LZMA_API_STATIC
 		BUILD_DX=1
+		WIL_SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS
 	)
 	target_include_directories(PCSX2 PRIVATE
 		../3rdparty # GL headers
@@ -1456,6 +1457,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(PCSX2 PRIVATE
 		baseclasses
 		pthreads4w
+		WIL::WIL
 		setupapi.lib
 		ws2_32.lib
 		shlwapi.lib