diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5aee27ddab..c664b2f2945 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
 endif ()
 
 option (TEST_COVERAGE "Enables flags for test coverage" OFF)
-option (ENABLE_TESTS "Enables tests" ${NOT_MSVC})
+option (ENABLE_TESTS "Enables tests" ON)
 
 option (USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES "Set to FALSE to use shared libraries" ON)
 option (MAKE_STATIC_LIBRARIES "Set to FALSE to make shared libraries" ${USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/cmake/find_capnp.cmake b/cmake/find_capnp.cmake
index 03ecadda6a1..6c064112686 100644
--- a/cmake/find_capnp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/find_capnp.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-option (ENABLE_CAPNP "Enable Cap'n Proto" ${NOT_MSVC})
+option (ENABLE_CAPNP "Enable Cap'n Proto" ON)
 
 if (ENABLE_CAPNP)
     # cmake 3.5.1 bug:
diff --git a/cmake/find_rdkafka.cmake b/cmake/find_rdkafka.cmake
index f05ced94707..c62c32bb64f 100644
--- a/cmake/find_rdkafka.cmake
+++ b/cmake/find_rdkafka.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-option (ENABLE_RDKAFKA "Enable kafka" ${NOT_MSVC})
+option (ENABLE_RDKAFKA "Enable kafka" ON)
 
 if (ENABLE_RDKAFKA)