--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/pingsender/pingsender_win.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/pingsender/pingsender_win.cpp
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #include <string>
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <wininet.h>
 
+#pragma comment(linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:windows /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup")
+
 namespace PingSender {
 
 using std::string;
 
 /**
  * A helper to automatically close internet handles when they go out of scope
  */
 class ScopedHInternet {