diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 036113278..165b80d88 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
     )
 
+if(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
+    include(EnableSegmentHeap)
+endif()
+
 option(BUILD_APP "Build Chatterino" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build the tests for Chatterino" OFF)
 option(BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build the benchmarks for Chatterino" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/EnableSegmentHeap.cmake b/cmake/EnableSegmentHeap.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31373a734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/EnableSegmentHeap.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Contributors to Chatterino <https://chatterino.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+if(NOT DEFINED ENV{VSINSTALLDIR})
+    message(WARNING "Missing VSINSTALLDIR environment variable - not enabling segment heap.")
+    return()
+endif()
+
+set(segment_heap_path "$ENV{VSINSTALLDIR}Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/cmake/Microsoft/SegmentHeap.cmake")
+if (NOT EXISTS "${segment_heap_path}")
+    message(STATUS "Missing '${segment_heap_path}'. Segment heap will be disabled - consider updating Visual Studio.")
+    return()
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Including segment heap script from '${segment_heap_path}'.")
+include("${segment_heap_path}")