diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
index 7dba473dbb..9db63a4307 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ DCPPREST
 debian
 decompressor
 dedupe
+defaultlib
 DEFT
 deigh
 deleteifnotneeded
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ Howto
 hre
 hresults
 hwnd
+hybridcrt
 Hyperlink
 IARP
 IAttachment
@@ -568,6 +570,7 @@ UCase
 ucasemap
 UChars
 ucnv
+ucrt
 udwgp
 uec
 ULONGLONG
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 9294a4ed05..ec7737aa4f 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='ReleaseStatic'">
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. 
+           See https://aka.ms/hybridcrt for more details. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
   <!-- For C# -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(WinGetMacros)' != ''">