diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bab5f8c8..9ebc53c22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Ensure drop shadow utilities don't inherit unexpectedly ([#16471](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16471))
 - Export backwards compatible config and plugin types from `tailwindcss/plugin` ([#16505](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16505))
 - Ensure JavaScript plugins that emit nested rules referencing to the utility name work as expected ([#16539](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16539))
+- Statically link Visual Studio redistributables on Windows builds ([#16602](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16602))
 - Ensure that Next.js splat routes are automatically scanned for classes ([#16457](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16457))
 - Pin exact versions of `tailwindcss` and `@tailwindcss/*` ([#16623](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16623))
 - Upgrade: Report errors when updating dependencies ([#16504](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16504))
diff --git a/crates/node/.cargo/config.toml b/crates/node/.cargo/config.toml
index 6890aa910..ef2bc3160 100644
--- a/crates/node/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/crates/node/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 linker = "aarch64-linux-musl-gcc"
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=-crt-static"]
 [target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
-linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
\ No newline at end of file
+linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
+# Statically link Visual Studio redistributables on Windows builds
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
+[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]