diff --git a/src/lib/util/kformatprivate.cpp b/src/lib/util/kformatprivate.cpp
--- a/src/lib/util/kformatprivate.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/util/kformatprivate.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Femto, 1e-15, bpow(-50), u'f' },
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Pico,  1e-12, bpow(-40), u'p' },
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Nano,  1e-9,  bpow(-30), u'n' },
-        { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Micro, 1e-6,  bpow(-20), u'µ' },
+        // Thanks to broken MSVC, we can not use u'µ', but have to use the unicode codepoint
+        { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Micro, 1e-6,  bpow(-20), QChar(0xB5) },
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Milli, 1e-3,  bpow(-10), u'm' },
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Unity, 1.0, 1.0, u'\0' },
         { KFormat::UnitPrefix::Kilo,  1e3,   bpow(10), u'k' },