diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_file.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_file.cc
index 24f2ccba46c3f..9526c6752f32c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_file.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_file.cc
@@ -499,7 +499,15 @@ void FileGenerator::GenerateSourceDefaultInstance(int idx,
   // enough. However, the empty destructor fails to be elided in some
   // configurations (like non-opt or with certain sanitizers). NO_DESTROY is
   // there just to improve performance and binary size in these builds.
-  format("PROTOBUF_ATTRIBUTE_NO_DESTROY PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT "
+  //
+  // Use PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR instead of PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT because, in
+  // Windows shared library builds, this constructor takes a pointer to a
+  // dllimport variable, fixed_address_empty_string. This is not constinit on
+  // Windows. This is a bug in protobuf as the default instance was intended to
+  // be constant-initialized. But the components build in Chromium is a
+  // developer configuration, so we tolerate an initializer as long as the build
+  // works, until protobuf has a proper fix.
+  format("PROTOBUF_ATTRIBUTE_NO_DESTROY PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR "
          "PROTOBUF_ATTRIBUTE_INIT_PRIORITY1 $1$ $2$;\n",
          DefaultInstanceType(generator->descriptor_, options_),
          DefaultInstanceName(generator->descriptor_, options_));
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc b/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
index 8bd06d340f7c3..cae9ebe01ec2c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
@@ -434,19 +434,26 @@
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DECLARE
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DEFINE __declspec(dllexport)
+#  define PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT
 # else
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DECLARE
 #  define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DEFINE __declspec(dllimport)
+// Pointers to dllimport extern variables on Windows require a static
+// initialization and cannot be constant-initialized. This macro disables
+// constinit in files where we cannot support it.
+#  define PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR
 # endif  // defined(LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORTS)
 #elif defined(PROTOBUF_USE_DLLS) && defined(LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORTS)
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DECLARE __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DEFINE
+# define PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT
 #else
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DECLARE
 # define PROTOBUF_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_DEFINE
+# define PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PROTOC_EXPORT
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc b/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
index 58136a4b47350..056c9b790ba4d 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #undef PROTOBUF_THREAD_LOCAL
 #undef PROTOBUF_MESSAGE_OWNED_ARENA_EXPERIMENT
 #undef PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT
+#undef PROTOBUF_CONSTINIT_WITH_PTR
 #undef PROTOBUF_CONSTEXPR
 #undef PROTOBUF_ATTRIBUTE_WEAK
 #undef PROTOBUF_HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_WEAK
-- 
2.37.0.rc0.104.g0611611a94-goog