diff --git a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
index 96fe017e96b8..b7848b4cab5a 100644
--- a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\treelearner\tree_learner.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\treelearner\voting_parallel_tree_learner.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\treelearner\gradient_discretizer.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\src\utils\openmp_wrapper.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
diff --git a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj.filters b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj.filters
index 27b445893c0f..7010926799b7 100644
--- a/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/windows/LightGBM.vcxproj.filters
@@ -344,5 +344,8 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\treelearner\gradient_discretizer.cpp">
       <Filter>src\treelearner</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\src\utils\openmp_wrapper.cpp">
+      <Filter>src\utils</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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