diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index d5ab7f4b74..65c6faecd4 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 # Minimum CMake required
+# TODO: actually we need cmake 3.26+ on Windows but QNN EP's build machine doesn't have it
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
+
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0069 NEW)
 set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0069 NEW)
 
diff --git a/cmake/adjust_global_compile_flags.cmake b/cmake/adjust_global_compile_flags.cmake
index 58a9271d26..07bcd3b0d5 100644
--- a/cmake/adjust_global_compile_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/adjust_global_compile_flags.cmake
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ endmacro()
 #Set global compile flags for all the source code(including third_party code like protobuf)
 #This section must be before any add_subdirectory, otherwise build may fail because /MD,/MT mismatch
 if (MSVC)
-  enable_language(ASM_MASM)
   if (CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM)
     # Multi-platform generator
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform ${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM})
@@ -231,18 +230,37 @@ if (MSVC)
   endif()
   if (onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "ARM64")
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform "ARM64")
+    if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.26.0")
+      enable_language(ASM_MARMASM)
+    else()
+      enable_language(ASM_MASM)
+    endif()
   elseif (onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "ARM64EC")
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform "ARM64EC")
+    if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.26.0")
+      enable_language(ASM_MARMASM)
+    else()
+      enable_language(ASM_MASM)
+    endif()
   elseif (onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "ARM" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "ARM")
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform "ARM")
+    if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.26.0")
+      enable_language(ASM_MARMASM)
+    else()
+      enable_language(ASM_MASM)
+    endif()
   elseif (onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "x64" OR onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "x86_64" OR onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "AMD64" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Win64")
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform "x64")
+    enable_language(ASM_MASM)
   elseif (onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "Win32" OR onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "x86" OR onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "i386" OR onnxruntime_target_platform STREQUAL "i686")
     set(onnxruntime_target_platform "x86")
+    enable_language(ASM_MASM)
     if (NOT onnxruntime_BUILD_WEBASSEMBLY)
       message("Enabling SAFESEH for x86 build")
       set(CMAKE_ASM_MASM_FLAGS "${CMAKE_ASM_MASM_FLAGS} /safeseh")
     endif()
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
   endif()