diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
index e09e74f1097523..77debb9fa0cf32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ private void addDynamicInputLinkOptions(
     Preconditions.checkState(
         !Link.useStartEndLib(
             input, CppHelper.getArchiveType(cppConfiguration, ccToolchainProvider)));
-    if (featureConfiguration.isEnabled(CppRuleClasses.TARGETS_WINDOWS)) {
-      // On Windows, dynamic library (dll) cannot be linked directly.
+    if (featureConfiguration.isEnabled(CppRuleClasses.TARGETS_WINDOWS)
+        && ccToolchainProvider.supportsInterfaceSharedObjects()) {
+      // On Windows, dynamic library (dll) cannot be linked directly when using toolchains that
+      // support interface library (eg. MSVC).
       Preconditions.checkState(
           !CppFileTypes.SHARED_LIBRARY.matches(input.getArtifact().getFilename()));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoAspect.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoAspect.java
index bfe880ff015bad..71830964297dff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoAspect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoAspect.java
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ private static class Impl {
       depsBuilder.addAll(ruleContext.getPrerequisites("deps", TARGET));
       ImmutableList<TransitiveInfoCollection> deps = depsBuilder.build();
       CcLinkingHelper ccLinkingHelper = initializeLinkingHelper(featureConfiguration, deps);
+      if (ccToolchain(ruleContext).supportsInterfaceSharedObjects()) {
+        ccLinkingHelper.emitInterfaceSharedObjects(true);
+      }
       CcLinkingOutputs ccLinkingOutputs = CcLinkingOutputs.EMPTY;
       if (!ccCompilationOutputs.isEmpty()) {
         ccLinkingOutputs = ccLinkingHelper.link(ccCompilationOutputs);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/mock/MOCK_CROSSTOOL b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/mock/MOCK_CROSSTOOL
index 74ba25996a7627..0ef230997778ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/mock/MOCK_CROSSTOOL
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/mock/MOCK_CROSSTOOL
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ toolchain {
    tool_path { name: "strip" path: "C:/tools/msys64/usr/bin/strip" }
    tool_path { name: "llvm-profdata" path: "C:/tools/msys64/usr/bin/llvm-profdata" }
    linking_mode_flags { mode: DYNAMIC }
+
+   supports_interface_shared_objects: true
 }
 
 toolchain {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoLibraryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoLibraryTest.java
index a213ba25cef002..532736ab7af72b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoLibraryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/proto/CcProtoLibraryTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public void basic() throws Exception {
         "cc_proto_library(name = 'foo_cc_proto', deps = ['foo_proto'])",
         "proto_library(name = 'foo_proto', srcs = ['foo.proto'])");
     assertThat(prettyArtifactNames(getFilesToBuild(getConfiguredTarget("//x:foo_cc_proto"))))
-        .containsExactly("x/foo.pb.h", "x/foo.pb.cc", "x/libfoo_proto.a", "x/libfoo_proto.so");
+        .containsExactly("x/foo.pb.h", "x/foo.pb.cc", "x/libfoo_proto.a",
+            "x/libfoo_proto.ifso", "x/libfoo_proto.so");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public void commandLineControlsOutputFileSuffixes() throws Exception {
 
     assertThat(prettyArtifactNames(getFilesToBuild(getConfiguredTarget("//x:foo_cc_proto"))))
         .containsExactly("x/foo.pb.cc", "x/foo.pb.h", "x/foo.pb.cc.meta", "x/foo.proto.h",
-            "x/libfoo_proto.a", "x/libfoo_proto.so");
+            "x/libfoo_proto.a", "x/libfoo_proto.ifso", "x/libfoo_proto.so");
   }
 
   // TODO(carmi): test blacklisted protos. I don't currently understand what's the wanted behavior.