diff --git a/src/runtime/signal_windows.go b/src/runtime/signal_windows.go
index 3fc1ec5886d8c1..3b2c06b39c19d5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/signal_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/signal_windows.go
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ var testingWER bool
 //
 //go:nosplit
 func lastcontinuehandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) int32 {
+	if islibrary || isarchive {
+		// Go DLL/archive has been loaded in a non-go program.
+		// If the exception does not originate from go, the go runtime
+		// should not take responsibility of crashing the process.
+		return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
+	}
 	if testingWER {
 		return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/signal_windows_test.go b/src/runtime/signal_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c56da152925d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/signal_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package runtime_test
+
+import (
+	"internal/testenv"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestVectoredHandlerDontCrashOnLibrary(t *testing.T) {
+	if *flagQuick {
+		t.Skip("-quick")
+	}
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		t.Skip("this test can only run on windows/amd64")
+	}
+	testenv.MustHaveGoBuild(t)
+	testenv.MustHaveExecPath(t, "gcc")
+	testprog.Lock()
+	defer testprog.Unlock()
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "go-build")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(dir)
+
+	// build go dll
+	dll := filepath.Join(dir, "testwinlib.dll")
+	cmd := exec.Command(testenv.GoToolPath(t), "build", "-o", dll, "--buildmode", "c-shared", "testdata/testwinlib/main.go")
+	out, err := testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build go library: %s\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	// build c program
+	exe := filepath.Join(dir, "test.exe")
+	cmd = exec.Command("gcc", "-L"+dir, "-I"+dir, "-ltestwinlib", "-o", exe, "testdata/testwinlib/main.c")
+	out, err = testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build c exe: %s\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	// run test program
+	cmd = exec.Command(exe)
+	out, err = testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failure while running executable: %s\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := "exceptionCount: 1\ncontinueCount: 1\n"
+	// cleaning output
+	cleanedOut := strings.ReplaceAll(string(out), "\r\n", "\n")
+	if cleanedOut != expectedOutput {
+		t.Errorf("expected output %q, got %q", expectedOutput, cleanedOut)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.c b/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e84a32f7539131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "testwinlib.h"
+
+int exceptionCount;
+int continueCount;
+LONG WINAPI customExceptionHandlder(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ExceptionInfo)
+{
+    if (ExceptionInfo->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode == EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT)
+    {
+        exceptionCount++;
+        // prepare context to resume execution
+        CONTEXT *c = ExceptionInfo->ContextRecord;
+        c->Rip = *(ULONG_PTR *)c->Rsp;
+        c->Rsp += 8;
+        return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
+    }
+    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+}
+LONG WINAPI customContinueHandlder(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ExceptionInfo)
+{
+    if (ExceptionInfo->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode == EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT)
+    {
+        continueCount++;
+        return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
+    }
+    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+}
+
+void throwFromC()
+{
+    DebugBreak();
+}
+int main()
+{
+    // simulate a "lazily" attached debugger, by calling some go code before attaching the exception/continue handler
+    Dummy();
+    exceptionCount = 0;
+    continueCount = 0;
+    void *exceptionHandlerHandle = AddVectoredExceptionHandler(0, customExceptionHandlder);
+    if (NULL == exceptionHandlerHandle)
+    {
+        printf("cannot add vectored exception handler\n");
+        return 2;
+    }
+    void *continueHandlerHandle = AddVectoredContinueHandler(0, customContinueHandlder);
+    if (NULL == continueHandlerHandle)
+    {
+        printf("cannot add vectored continue handler\n");
+        return 2;
+    }
+    CallMeBack(throwFromC);
+    RemoveVectoredContinueHandler(continueHandlerHandle);
+    RemoveVectoredExceptionHandler(exceptionHandlerHandle);
+    printf("exceptionCount: %d\ncontinueCount: %d\n", exceptionCount, continueCount);
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.go b/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..400eaa1c82dfa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/testdata/testwinlib/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// +build windows,cgo
+
+package main
+
+// #include <windows.h>
+// typedef void(*callmeBackFunc)();
+// static void bridgeCallback(callmeBackFunc callback) {
+//	callback();
+//}
+import "C"
+
+// CallMeBack call backs C code.
+//export CallMeBack
+func CallMeBack(callback C.callmeBackFunc) {
+	C.bridgeCallback(callback)
+}
+
+// Dummy is called by the C code before registering the exception/continue handlers simulating a debugger.
+// This makes sure that the Go runtime's lastcontinuehandler is reached before the C continue handler and thus,
+// validate that it does not crash the program before another handler could take an action.
+// The idea here is to reproduce what happens when you attach a debugger to a running program.
+// It also simulate the behavior of the .Net debugger, which register its exception/continue handlers lazily.
+//export Dummy
+func Dummy() int {
+	return 42
+}
+
+func main() {}