diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35c67ad3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[target.'cfg(all(windows, target_env = "msvc"))']
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 123f2214ee..24b7b8ea84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 target
 .DS_Store
-.cargo
 node_modules
 coverage
 dist