diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68e5fdb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# On Windows MSVC, statically link the C runtime so that the resulting EXE does
+# not depend on the vcruntime DLL.
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
+[target.i686-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 07194cc6..61e5b0a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,12 +61,16 @@ jobs:
           vcpkgGitCommitId: '163fe7bd3d67c41200617caaa245b5ba2ba854e6'
           runVcpkgInstall: true
 
+      - name: Export VCPKGRS_TRIPLET env var
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "VCPKGRS_TRIPLET=${{ matrix.vcpkg_triplet }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - run: cargo test --target=${{matrix.target}}
+
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
           target: ${{matrix.target}}
 
-      - run: cargo test --target=${{matrix.target}}
-
       - name: Test build with Openssl
         # Ideally, we should run the tests as well. At the moment, this
         # does not work as the vcpkg installation does not seem to be very well handled with
@@ -79,10 +83,10 @@ jobs:
         build: [windows, windows32]
         include:
           - build: windows
-            vcpkg_triplet: x64-windows-static-md
+            vcpkg_triplet: x64-windows-static
             target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
           - build: windows32
-            vcpkg_triplet: x86-windows-static-md
+            vcpkg_triplet: x86-windows-static
             target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
 
   clippy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 423724fc..8273c1a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ jobs:
         - build: win-msvc
           os: windows-2022
           target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-          vcpkg_triplet: x64-windows-static-md
+          vcpkg_triplet: x64-windows-static
         - build: win32-msvc
           os: windows-2022
           target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
-          vcpkg_triplet: x86-windows-static-md
+          vcpkg_triplet: x86-windows-static
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ jobs:
         vcpkgGitCommitId: '163fe7bd3d67c41200617caaa245b5ba2ba854e6'
         runVcpkgInstall: true
 
+    - name: Export VCPKGRS_TRIPLET env var
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-2022' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "VCPKGRS_TRIPLET=${{ matrix.vcpkg_triplet }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Install Rust
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       with: