diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c b/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
index 9ea061f37..a554b24a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/ht_dec.c
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
 #define OPJ_COMPILER_GNUC
 #endif
 
+#if defined(OPJ_COMPILER_MSVC) && defined(_M_ARM64) \
+    && !defined(_M_ARM64EC) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE) && !defined(__CUDACC__) \
+    && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && !defined(__clang__)
+#define MSVC_NEON_INTRINSICS
+#endif
+
+#ifdef MSVC_NEON_INTRINSICS
+#include <arm64_neon.h>
+#endif
+
 //************************************************************************/
 /** @brief Displays the error message for disabling the decoding of SPP and
   * MRP passes
@@ -71,6 +81,9 @@ OPJ_UINT32 population_count(OPJ_UINT32 val)
 {
 #if defined(OPJ_COMPILER_MSVC) && (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64))
     return (OPJ_UINT32)__popcnt(val);
+#elif defined(OPJ_COMPILER_MSVC) && defined(MSVC_NEON_INTRINSICS)
+    const __n64 temp = neon_cnt(__uint64ToN64_v(val));
+    return neon_addv8(temp).n8_i8[0];
 #elif (defined OPJ_COMPILER_GNUC)
     return (OPJ_UINT32)__builtin_popcount(val);
 #else