diff --git a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@
 option(LIBCXX_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS "Enable assertions independent of build mode." OFF)
 option(LIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED "Build libc++ as a shared library." ON)
 option(LIBCXX_ENABLE_STATIC "Build libc++ as a static library." ON)
-option(LIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY "Build libc++experimental.a" ON)
+set(ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_DEFAULT ON)
+if (WIN32 AND LIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED)
+  # When libc++ is built as a DLL, all headers indicate DLL linkage, while
+  # libc++experimental always is linked statically.
+  set(ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_DEFAULT OFF)
+endif()
+option(LIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY "Build libc++experimental.a" ${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_DEFAULT})
 set(ENABLE_FILESYSTEM_DEFAULT ON)
 if (WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
   # Filesystem is buildable for windows, but it requires __int128 helper
diff --git a/libcxx/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst b/libcxx/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
--- a/libcxx/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
+++ b/libcxx/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
           -T "ClangCL"                            ^
           -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED=YES              ^
           -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_STATIC=NO               ^
-          -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY=NO ^
           \path\to\libcxx
   > cmake --build .
 
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                                                  ^
           -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl                                                 ^
           -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl                                               ^
-          -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY=NO                                     ^
           path/to/libcxx
   > ninja cxx
   > ninja check-cxx
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/experimental/lit.local.cfg b/libcxx/test/std/experimental/lit.local.cfg
--- a/libcxx/test/std/experimental/lit.local.cfg
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/experimental/lit.local.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # Disable all of the experimental tests if the correct feature is not available.
 if 'c++experimental' not in config.available_features:
   config.unsupported = True
+# If built as a DLL on Windows, headers indicate DLL linkage, which breaks
+# linking against the static-only libc++experimental.
+if config.enable_shared and 'windows' in config.available_features:
+  config.unsupported = True