diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33da4cf2c..735266120 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@ _deps
 _src
 licenses
 .virtual_documents
+/libsodium-*
+/zeromq-*
+*.tar.gz
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5838f6fe4..299b19cf4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ repair-wheel-command = """\
         {wheel} \
 """
 
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows.config-settings]
+# statically link MSVCP
+# see https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/issues/2012
+# and https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/28687
+"cmake.define.CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY" = "MultiThreaded"
+
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows.environment]
 ZMQ_PREFIX = "bundled"
 
diff --git a/tools/test_wheel.py b/tools/test_wheel.py
index 435c43f2c..dca9ee389 100644
--- a/tools/test_wheel.py
+++ b/tools/test_wheel.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def test_bundle_msvcp():
     print(dlls)
     # Is concrt140 needed? delvewheel doesn't detect it anymore
     # check for vcruntime?
-    should_bundle = ["msvcp140*.dll"]
-    shouldnt_bundle = []
+    should_bundle = []
+    shouldnt_bundle = ["msvcp140*.dll"]
 
     for pattern in shouldnt_bundle:
         matched = [dll for dll in dlls if fnmatch(dll, pattern)]