diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a4fe8f59..09282d9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ zstd = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["bindgen", "zstdmt"], default-features
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
 guess_host_triple = "0.1.3"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+mimalloc = "0.1.29"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 506cc478..7a02617e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ use cargo_binstall::{
     *,
 };
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 #[clap(version, about = "Install a Rust binary... from binaries!")]
 struct Options {