diff --git a/ci/build/build-release.sh b/ci/build/build-release.sh
index 6dbc2784acbc..590fec3dde13 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-release.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ main() {
     rsync ./ci/build/code-server.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
     chmod 755 "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
 
+    # Windows cannot run the shell launcher, so it gets one of its own.
+    if [ "$OS" = windows ]; then
+      rsync ./ci/build/code-server.cmd "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server.cmd"
+    fi
+
     # Delete the extra bin scripts.
     rm "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli/code-darwin.sh"
     rm "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli/code-linux.sh"
diff --git a/ci/build/code-server.cmd b/ci/build/code-server.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b6a5b2ac1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build/code-server.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@echo off
+
+rem This script is intended to be bundled into the standalone releases.
+rem Runs code-server with the bundled node binary.
+
+setlocal
+set "ROOT=%~dp0.."
+"%ROOT%\lib\node.exe" "%ROOT%" %*