diff --git a/frontend/obs-main.cpp b/frontend/obs-main.cpp
index 22ed18969..8acdba5fd 100644
--- a/frontend/obs-main.cpp
+++ b/frontend/obs-main.cpp
@@ -781,6 +781,42 @@ static void load_debug_privilege(void)
 
 	CloseHandle(token);
 }
+
+static void set_process_mitigations(void)
+{
+	// SetProcessMitigationPolicy is Windows 8+
+	typedef BOOL(WINAPI * PFN_SetProcessMitigationPolicy)(PROCESS_MITIGATION_POLICY, PVOID, SIZE_T);
+	PFN_SetProcessMitigationPolicy pSetProcessMitigationPolicy;
+
+	pSetProcessMitigationPolicy = (PFN_SetProcessMitigationPolicy)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(L"KERNEL32"),
+										     "SetProcessMitigationPolicy");
+
+	if (pSetProcessMitigationPolicy) {
+		PROCESS_MITIGATION_DEP_POLICY dep = {0};
+		dep.DisableAtlThunkEmulation = 1;
+		dep.Enable = 1;
+		dep.Permanent = TRUE;
+		pSetProcessMitigationPolicy(ProcessDEPPolicy, &dep, sizeof(dep));
+
+		PROCESS_MITIGATION_ASLR_POLICY aslr = {0};
+		aslr.EnableBottomUpRandomization = 1;
+		aslr.EnableHighEntropy = 1;
+		aslr.EnableForceRelocateImages = 1;
+		aslr.DisallowStrippedImages = 1;
+		pSetProcessMitigationPolicy(ProcessASLRPolicy, &aslr, sizeof(aslr));
+
+		PROCESS_MITIGATION_EXTENSION_POINT_DISABLE_POLICY xpoints = {0};
+		xpoints.DisableExtensionPoints = 1;
+		pSetProcessMitigationPolicy(ProcessExtensionPointDisablePolicy, &xpoints, sizeof(xpoints));
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+		PROCESS_MITIGATION_STRICT_HANDLE_CHECK_POLICY hcheck = {0};
+		hcheck.RaiseExceptionOnInvalidHandleReference = 1;
+		hcheck.HandleExceptionsPermanentlyEnabled = 1;
+		pSetProcessMitigationPolicy(ProcessStrictHandleCheckPolicy, &hcheck, sizeof(hcheck));
+#endif
+	}
+}
 #endif
 
 static inline bool arg_is(const char *arg, const char *long_form, const char *short_form)
@@ -872,6 +908,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
 	load_debug_privilege();
 	base_set_crash_handler(main_crash_handler, nullptr);
+	set_process_mitigations();
 
 	/* Shutdown priority value is a range from 0 - 4FF with higher values getting first priority.
 	 * 000 - 0FF and 400 - 4FF are reserved system ranges.