diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 030a31344..8c59c62e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -921,7 +921,9 @@ endif()
 if(BUILD_UPDATER)
 	add_executable(updater-stub WIN32 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/feature/updater-main.c)
 	target_link_libraries(updater-stub ${OS_LIB} ${PLATFORM_LIBRARY} ${BINARY_NAME})
-	if(NOT MSVC)
+	if(MSVC)
+		set_target_properties(updater-stub PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup)
+	else()
 		set_target_properties(updater-stub PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE -s)
 		set_target_properties(updater-stub PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO -s)
 	endif()
diff --git a/src/feature/updater-main.c b/src/feature/updater-main.c
index 8487581ec..367dff9f5 100644
--- a/src/feature/updater-main.c
+++ b/src/feature/updater-main.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <direct.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #include <process.h>
+#include <synchapi.h>
 
 #define mkdir(X, Y) _mkdir(X)
 #elif defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE)
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ bool extractArchive(struct VDir* archive, const char* root) {
 			errno = 0;
 			vfOut = VFileOpen(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
 			if (!vfOut && errno == EACCES) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+				Sleep(1000);
+#else
 				sleep(1);
+#endif
 				vfOut = VFileOpen(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
 			}
 			if (!vfOut) {