diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 0d426a9f6e2b5..f7d8e616f8622 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 [alias]
 dev = "run --package ruff_dev --bin ruff_dev"
 benchmark = "bench -p ruff_benchmark --bench linter --bench formatter --"
+
+# statically link the C runtime so the executable does not depend on
+# that shared/dynamic library.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/11503
+[target.'cfg(all(target_env="msvc", target_os = "windows"))']
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]