diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 4ba718d4..0ed03070 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 # Windows-specific linker configuration to avoid PDB errors
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-# Use /DEBUG:NONE to completely disable PDB generation in debug builds
-# This avoids LNK1318 errors when too many PDBs are generated in parallel
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=/DEBUG:NONE"]
+# Use lld-link instead of link.exe to avoid PDB size limits (LNK1318)
+# lld-link is LLVM's linker and doesn't have the same PDB limitations as MSVC's link.exe
+linker = "rust-lld"
+# Disable incremental compilation and debug info to avoid LNK1318 PDB size limits
+# Use /DEBUG:NONE to completely disable PDB generation
+# /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt to suppress LNK4098 warning
+rustflags = [
+    "-C", "incremental=off",
+    "-C", "debuginfo=0",
+    "-C", "codegen-units=256",
+    "-C", "link-arg=/DEBUG:NONE",
+    "-C", "link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt",
+    "-C", "link-arg=/INCREMENTAL:NO",
+    "-C", "link-arg=/OPT:NOREF",
+]
 
 [alias]
 pctx = "run -p pctx --"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 90964564..fca23483 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Clean up old cache entries to save space
           cache-on-failure: false
+
+      # Install build dependencies for libsqlite3-sys bindgen
+      - name: Install build dependencies (Linux)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libclang-dev libc6-dev
+
       # - name: Set Windows build jobs
       #   if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
       #   run: echo "CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d305c40e..60278558 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "regex",
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "log",
  "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f9c87fad..7ceedace 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/portofcontext/pctx"
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 
-
 [workspace.lints.rust]
 unreachable_pub = "warn"
 
@@ -31,15 +30,20 @@ too_many_lines = "allow"
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
-lto = "fat"
-codegen-units = 1
-strip = true
+# Use thin LTO to reduce PDB size on Windows (fat LTO creates massive PDB files)
+lto = "thin"
+# Increase codegen units to reduce per-unit size and avoid Windows PDB limits
+codegen-units = 16
+strip = "debuginfo"
+# Completely disable debug info to avoid Windows PDB size limits (LNK1318 error)
+debug = 0
 
 # The profile that 'dist' will build with
 [profile.dist]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = "thin"
-
+# Reduce debug info to avoid Windows PDB size limits (LNK1318 error)
+debug = 0
 
 # [profile.dev.package."*"]
 # opt-level = 3
diff --git a/crates/deno_executor/Cargo.toml b/crates/deno_executor/Cargo.toml
index 81c94576..12e2f85d 100644
--- a/crates/deno_executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deno_executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 futures = "0.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.61.2", features = [
+# Need version 0.59 to match deno_subprocess_windows transitive dependency
+# and ensure the feature is enabled for it as well
+windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = [
     "Win32_System_SystemInformation",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/crates/pctx/Cargo.toml b/crates/pctx/Cargo.toml
index c6be05e0..4dd79040 100644
--- a/crates/pctx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pctx/Cargo.toml
@@ -108,3 +108,11 @@ workspace = true
 
 [package.metadata.dist]
 dist = true
+
+# System dependencies for cargo-dist to install
+[package.metadata.dist.dependencies.apt]
+libclang-dev = "*"
+libc6-dev = "*"
+
+[package.metadata.dist.dependencies.chocolatey]
+nasm = "*"
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
index bc493c7b..1df46eda 100644
--- a/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ pr-run-mode = "plan"
 # Whether CI should include auto-generated code to build local artifacts
 build-local-artifacts = true
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
+targets = [
+    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
+]
 # Where to host releases
 hosting = "github"
 # Whether to install an updater program