diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
index 2678a8dbb0..3d98661284 100644
--- a/cli/build.rs
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -400,6 +400,24 @@ fn main() {
   println!("cargo:rustc-env=TARGET={}", env::var("TARGET").unwrap());
   println!("cargo:rustc-env=PROFILE={}", env::var("PROFILE").unwrap());
 
+  if cfg!(windows) {
+    // these dls load slowly, so delay loading them
+    let dlls = [
+      // webgpu
+      "d3dcompiler_47",
+      "OPENGL32",
+      // network related functions
+      "iphlpapi",
+    ];
+    for dll in dlls {
+      println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=deno=/delayload:{dll}.dll");
+      println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=denort=/delayload:{dll}.dll");
+    }
+    // enable delay loading
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=deno=delayimp.lib");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=denort=delayimp.lib");
+  }
+
   let c = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
   let o = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());