diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63e8f753..5ae4c0ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ if(SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT AND SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
 endif()
 
 if(SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT AND NOT SPDLOG_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT requires SPDLOG_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW")
+    # message(FATAL_ERROR "SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT requires SPDLOG_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW")
+    set(SPDLOG_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) # automatically set SPDLOG_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW instead of error
 endif()
 
 # misc tweakme options