diff --git a/src-tauri/capabilities/desktop-windows.json b/src-tauri/capabilities/desktop-windows.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0017ef4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/capabilities/desktop-windows.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "identifier": "desktop-windows-capability",
+  "description": "permissions for desktop windows applications",
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": [
+    "core:webview:allow-create-webview",
+    "core:webview:allow-create-webview-window"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json
index 85ffe8303..5e73474fb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.windows.conf.json
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
     }
   },
   "app": {
-    "windows": []
+    "windows": [],
+    "security": {
+      "capabilities": [
+        "desktop-capability",
+        "desktop-windows-capability",
+        "migrated"
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }