diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 3fbb3be1b..49aaa3a6c 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE = "1" # prevent junk files on Windows
 
 [term]
 color = "always"
+
+[target.'cfg(all(target_env = "msvc", target_os = "windows"))']
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 327e37f27..c22bc764a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ Emmanuel Ferdman <https://github.com/emmanuel-ferdman>
 Sunong2008 <https://github.com/Sunrongguo2008>
 Marvin Kopf <marvinkopf@outlook.com>
 Kevin Nakamura <grinkers@grinkers.net>
+
 ********************
 
 The text of the 3 clause BSD license follows: