diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67a37e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# On Windows MSVC, statically link the C runtime so that the resulting EXE does
+# not depend on the vcruntime DLL.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/3634
+
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
+[target.i686-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
+[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8049cba3..5a37d298 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 - Bump MSRV to 1.88, update `time` crate to 0.3.47 to fix RUSTSEC-2026-0009, see #3581 (@NORMAL-EX)
 - Allow home and end keys to be used with builtin pager, see #3651 (@keith-hall)
 - Builtin syntax mapping: cleanup matcher glob parsing logic #3652 (@cyqsimon)
+- Statically link the CRT for MSVC builds via Cargo config to avoid runtime DLL dependencies. Closes #3634, see #3692 (@barry3406)
 
 ## Syntaxes