diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1421f05f2..5f68e5421 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ add_library(StormLib STATIC
   3rdParty/StormLib/src/SFileOpenFileEx.cpp
   3rdParty/StormLib/src/SFileReadFile.cpp)
 
+if(WIN32)
+# Enable Unicode for StormLib wchar_t* file APIs
+target_compile_definitions(StormLib PRIVATE -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE)
+endif()
+
 add_library(PKWare STATIC
   3rdParty/PKWare/explode.cpp
   3rdParty/PKWare/implode.cpp)
diff --git a/Source/storm/storm.h b/Source/storm/storm.h
index eabb56b20..a397b4160 100644
--- a/Source/storm/storm.h
+++ b/Source/storm/storm.h
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ bool SNetSendTurn(char *data, unsigned int databytes);
 bool SFileOpenFile(const char *filename, HANDLE *phFile);
 
 // Functions implemented in StormLib
+#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(_WIN32)
+bool WINAPI SFileOpenArchive(const wchar_t *szMpqName, DWORD dwPriority, DWORD dwFlags, HANDLE *phMpq);
+#else
 bool WINAPI SFileOpenArchive(const char *szMpqName, DWORD dwPriority, DWORD dwFlags, HANDLE *phMpq);
+#endif
 bool WINAPI SFileCloseArchive(HANDLE hArchive);
 bool WINAPI SFileOpenFileEx(HANDLE hMpq, const char *szFileName, DWORD dwSearchScope, HANDLE *phFile);
 bool WINAPI SFileReadFile(HANDLE hFile, void *buffer, DWORD nNumberOfBytesToRead, DWORD *read, int *lpDistanceToMoveHigh);
diff --git a/Source/utils/file_util.cpp b/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
index 80739102e..7151651c8 100644
--- a/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
+++ b/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<std::fstream> CreateFileStream(const char *path, std::ios::openm
 
 bool SFileOpenArchiveDiablo(const char *szMpqName, DWORD dwPriority, DWORD dwFlags, HANDLE *phMpq)
 {
+#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(_WIN32)
+	const auto szMpqNameUtf16 = ToWideChar(szMpqName);
+	if (szMpqNameUtf16 == nullptr) {
+		LogError("UTF-8 -> UTF-16 conversion error code {}", ::GetLastError());
+		return false;
+	}
+	return SFileOpenArchive(szMpqNameUtf16.get(), dwPriority, dwFlags, phMpq);
+#else
 	return SFileOpenArchive(szMpqName, dwPriority, dwFlags, phMpq);
+#endif
 }
 
 } // namespace devilution