diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index b63fdb9f92..5576200ea5 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -105,41 +105,53 @@ pub fn OpenFile(sub_path_w: []const u16, options: OpenFileOptions) OpenError!HAN
     // If we're not following symlinks, we need to ensure we don't pass in any synchronization flags such as FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT.
     const flags: ULONG = if (options.follow_symlinks) file_or_dir_flag | blocking_flag else file_or_dir_flag | FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT;
 
-    const rc = ntdll.NtCreateFile(
-        &result,
-        options.access_mask,
-        &attr,
-        &io,
-        null,
-        FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-        options.share_access,
-        options.creation,
-        flags,
-        null,
-        0,
-    );
-    switch (rc) {
-        .SUCCESS => {
-            if (std.io.is_async and options.io_mode == .evented) {
-                _ = CreateIoCompletionPort(result, std.event.Loop.instance.?.os_data.io_port, undefined, undefined) catch undefined;
-            }
-            return result;
-        },
-        .OBJECT_NAME_INVALID => unreachable,
-        .OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
-        .OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
-        .NO_MEDIA_IN_DEVICE => return error.NoDevice,
-        .INVALID_PARAMETER => unreachable,
-        .SHARING_VIOLATION => return error.AccessDenied,
-        .ACCESS_DENIED => return error.AccessDenied,
-        .PIPE_BUSY => return error.PipeBusy,
-        .OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD => unreachable,
-        .OBJECT_NAME_COLLISION => return error.PathAlreadyExists,
-        .FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY => return error.IsDir,
-        .NOT_A_DIRECTORY => return error.NotDir,
-        .USER_MAPPED_FILE => return error.AccessDenied,
-        .INVALID_HANDLE => unreachable,
-        else => return unexpectedStatus(rc),
+    while (true) {
+        const rc = ntdll.NtCreateFile(
+            &result,
+            options.access_mask,
+            &attr,
+            &io,
+            null,
+            FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+            options.share_access,
+            options.creation,
+            flags,
+            null,
+            0,
+        );
+        switch (rc) {
+            .SUCCESS => {
+                if (std.io.is_async and options.io_mode == .evented) {
+                    _ = CreateIoCompletionPort(result, std.event.Loop.instance.?.os_data.io_port, undefined, undefined) catch undefined;
+                }
+                return result;
+            },
+            .OBJECT_NAME_INVALID => unreachable,
+            .OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
+            .OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
+            .NO_MEDIA_IN_DEVICE => return error.NoDevice,
+            .INVALID_PARAMETER => unreachable,
+            .SHARING_VIOLATION => return error.AccessDenied,
+            .ACCESS_DENIED => return error.AccessDenied,
+            .PIPE_BUSY => return error.PipeBusy,
+            .OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD => unreachable,
+            .OBJECT_NAME_COLLISION => return error.PathAlreadyExists,
+            .FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY => return error.IsDir,
+            .NOT_A_DIRECTORY => return error.NotDir,
+            .USER_MAPPED_FILE => return error.AccessDenied,
+            .INVALID_HANDLE => unreachable,
+            .DELETE_PENDING => {
+                // This error means that there *was* a file in this location on
+                // the file system, but it was deleted. However, the OS is not
+                // finished with the deletion operation, and so this CreateFile
+                // call has failed. There is not really a sane way to handle
+                // this other than retrying the creation after the OS finishes
+                // the deletion.
+                std.time.sleep(std.time.ns_per_ms);
+                continue;
+            },
+            else => return unexpectedStatus(rc),
+        }
     }
 }