diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 7115f0015..085f3158f 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 [target.'cfg(windows)']
 rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=/STACK:16777220", "--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
 
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+linker = "rust-lld"
+
 [build]
 rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]