diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2639979..27537ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_cbor",
  "serde_json",
+ "static_vcruntime",
  "ulid",
  "url",
  "winapi",
@@ -722,6 +723,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "static_vcruntime"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a88c15d6fe7210ea80c578b53855615fdea0188e1630b6d9c377e1b2f2c098fa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.59"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd4b05b..86f3e49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ url = "2.2.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
 nng = "1.0.1"
+static_vcruntime = "1.5"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
 nix = "0.19"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c71e1cf..52ac7d0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ extern crate chrono;
 extern crate rand;
 extern crate serde_cbor;
 
+// By default, Rust requires programs to deploy vcruntime140.dll when redistributing binaries on Windows.
+// The static_vcruntime crate statically links the library instead.
+extern crate static_vcruntime; // Required for static_vcruntime to work
+
 use std::{io, env};
 use std::fs;
 use directories::ProjectDirs;