diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae3cae760320..dfbb312863a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-22121 (Double free in gdImageSetStyle() after
     overflow-triggered early return). (iliaal)
 
+- Lexbor:
+  . Define LEXBOR_STATIC in ext/lexbor/config.w32 so consumers of the
+    bundled lexbor headers (ext/uri etc.) do not see LXB_API as
+    __declspec(dllimport) on Windows static builds. (Luther Monson)
+
 - Zlib:
   . Fixed memory leak if deflate initialization fails and there is a dict.
     (ndossche)
diff --git a/ext/lexbor/config.w32 b/ext/lexbor/config.w32
index e75798e06187..288d37dec62a 100644
--- a/ext/lexbor/config.w32
+++ b/ext/lexbor/config.w32
@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@ ADD_FLAG("CFLAGS_LEXBOR", "/D LEXBOR_BUILDING /utf-8");
 
 AC_DEFINE("HAVE_LEXBOR", 1, "Define to 1 if the PHP extension 'lexbor' is available.");
 
+// PHP bundles lexbor statically (EXTENSION above, false /* never shared */),
+// so consumers of lexbor headers (e.g. ext/uri) must not see LXB_API as
+// __declspec(dllimport) on Windows. AC_DEFINE places LEXBOR_STATIC in
+// main/config.w.h so every PHP source file picks it up before including
+// lexbor headers via php.h.
+AC_DEFINE("LEXBOR_STATIC", 1, "Define to 1 to disable dllimport on lexbor headers for PHP's static bundle.");
+
 PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS("ext/lexbor", "php_lexbor.h lexbor/");