diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.props b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.props
index 374a352..390dc00 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.props
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="BuildOptionsExtension">
     <PropertyPageSchema Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)libbitcoin-system.import.xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Options -->
+
+  <!-- These create non-portability. -->
+  <!-- These will compile to the target regardless of the compiling platform. -->
+  <!-- That will result in a crash of test/executable execution if mismatched. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Option-avx512>false</Option-avx512>
+    <Option-avx2>true</Option-avx2>
+    <Option-sse41>true</Option-sse41>
+    <Option-shani>false</Option-shani>
+    <Option-neon>false</Option-neon>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- order matters -->
+      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet Condition="'$(Option-avx2)'   == 'true'">AdvancedVectorExtensions2</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
+      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet Condition="'$(Option-avx512)' == 'true'">AdvancedVectorExtensions512</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+  <!-- Messages -->
+
+  <Target Name="OptionInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Message Text="Option-avx512     : $(Option-avx512)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Option-avx2       : $(Option-avx2)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Option-sse41      : $(Option-sse41)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Option-shani      : $(Option-shani)" Importance="high"/>
+    <Message Text="Option-neon       : $(Option-neon)" Importance="high"/>
+  </Target>  
 
   <!-- Linkage -->
 
@@ -18,11 +48,22 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\..\libbitcoin-system\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <!-- WITH_ICU always defined in Visual Studio builds. -->
       <!-- NOMINMAX enables use of std::min/max without conflict. -->
-      <!-- BOOST_EXCEPTION_DISABLE must be set here to be captured by all includes. -->
       <!-- WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN avoids inclusion of certain headers, winsock.h conflicts with boost and protocol use of winsock2.h. -->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_ICU;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;NOMINMAX;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Linkage-libbitcoin-system)' == 'static' Or '$(Linkage-libbitcoin-system)' == 'ltcg'">BC_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- Enable use of CPU intrinsics. -->
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-avx512)' == 'true'">WITH_AVX512;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-avx2)'   == 'true'">WITH_AVX2;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-sse41)'  == 'true'">WITH_SSE41;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-shani)'  == 'true'">WITH_SHANI;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Option-neon)'   == 'true'">WITH_NEON;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>    
+    <Link>
+      <!-- 4099: warns about missing PDB files. -->
+      <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4099 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>  
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Linkage-libbitcoin-system)' != ''">libbitcoin-system.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.xml b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.xml
index 05d1d74..e8bed3f 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.xml
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-system.import.xml
@@ -14,4 +14,36 @@
       <EnumValue Name="ltcg" DisplayName="Static using link time compile generation (LTCG)" />
     </EnumProperty>
   </Rule>
+  <Rule Name="libbitcoin-system-options-uiextension" PageTemplate="tool" DisplayName="Bitcoin System Options" SwitchPrefix="/" Order="1">
+    <Rule.Categories>
+      <Category Name="avx512" DisplayName="avx512" />
+      <Category Name="avx2" DisplayName="avx2" />
+      <Category Name="sse41" DisplayName="sse41" />
+      <Category Name="shani" DisplayName="shani" />
+      <Category Name="neon" DisplayName="neon" />
+    </Rule.Categories>
+    <Rule.DataSource>
+      <DataSource Persistence="ProjectFile" ItemType="" />
+    </Rule.DataSource>
+    <EnumProperty Name="Option-avx512" DisplayName="Enable AVX512 Intrinsics" Description="Use AVX512 intrinsics." Category="avx512">
+      <EnumValue Name="false" DisplayName="No" />
+      <EnumValue Name="true" DisplayName="Yes" />
+    </EnumProperty>
+    <EnumProperty Name="Option-avx2" DisplayName="Enable AVX2 Intrinsics" Description="Use AVX2 intrinsics." Category="avx2">
+      <EnumValue Name="false" DisplayName="No" />
+      <EnumValue Name="true" DisplayName="Yes" />
+    </EnumProperty>
+    <EnumProperty Name="Option-sse41" DisplayName="Enable SSE4.1 Intrinsics" Description="Use SSE4.1 intrinsics." Category="sse41">
+      <EnumValue Name="false" DisplayName="No" />
+      <EnumValue Name="true" DisplayName="Yes" />
+    </EnumProperty>
+    <EnumProperty Name="Option-shani" DisplayName="Enable SHA Native Intrinsics" Description="Use SHA native intrinsics." Category="shani">
+      <EnumValue Name="false" DisplayName="No" />
+      <EnumValue Name="true" DisplayName="Yes" />
+    </EnumProperty>
+    <EnumProperty Name="Option-neon" DisplayName="Enable ARM Neon Intrinsics" Description="Use ARM Neon intrinsics." Category="neon">
+      <EnumValue Name="false" DisplayName="No" />
+      <EnumValue Name="true" DisplayName="Yes" />
+    </EnumProperty>
+  </Rule>  
 </ProjectSchemaDefinitions>
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