diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78e0af04..b4aa973d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
   SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_RANLIB> -no_warning_for_no_symbols -c <TARGET>")
 endif()
 
+if(CPPTRACE_DELAYLOAD_DBGHELP AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND MSVC)
+  target_link_libraries(${target_name} PRIVATE delayimp.lib)
+  target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /DELAYLOAD:dbghelp.dll)
+endif()
+
 # =================================================== Back-end setup ===================================================
 
 if(HAS_CXX_EXCEPTION_TYPE)
diff --git a/cmake/OptionVariables.cmake b/cmake/OptionVariables.cmake
index 417982bd..e726db11 100644
--- a/cmake/OptionVariables.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OptionVariables.cmake
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ set(CPPTRACE_LIBDWARF_SHALLOW "1" CACHE STRING "")
 option(CPPTRACE_PROVIDE_EXPORT_SET "" ON)
 option(CPPTRACE_PROVIDE_EXPORT_SET_FOR_LIBDWARF "" OFF)
 option(CPPTRACE_DISABLE_CXX_20_MODULES "" OFF)
+option(CPPTRACE_DELAYLOAD_DBGHELP "" OFF)
 
 mark_as_advanced(
   CPPTRACE_BACKTRACE_PATH