diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 45d9e00516..5e5df7c78e 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# increase the default windows stack size
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-stack:10000000"]
+# increase the default windows stack size
+# statically link the CRT so users don't have to install it
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-stack:10000000", "-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
 
 # keeping this but commentting out in case we need them in the future