diff --git a/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.lock b/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.lock
index b048658e8..1c5751961 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.lock
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "process_path",
  "special-folder",
+ "static_vcruntime",
  "tray-item",
  "windows",
  "windres",
@@ -769,6 +770,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "static_vcruntime"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "954e3e877803def9dc46075bf4060147c55cd70db97873077232eae0269dc89b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.24.1"
diff --git a/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.toml b/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.toml
index 07fe780d2..086beb18e 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ErsatzTV-Windows/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ features = [
 
 [build-dependencies]
 windres = "*"
+static_vcruntime = "2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ErsatzTV-Windows/build.rs b/ErsatzTV-Windows/build.rs
index 99658c569..f0aced0ed 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV-Windows/build.rs
+++ b/ErsatzTV-Windows/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use windres::Build;
 
 fn main() {
+    static_vcruntime::metabuild();
     Build::new().compile("ersatztv_windows.rc").unwrap();
 }