diff --git a/src/lck-windows.c b/src/lck-windows.c
index c019a6d5..24fa0996 100644
--- a/src/lck-windows.c
+++ b/src/lck-windows.c
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ MDBX_srwlock_function mdbx_srwlock_Init, mdbx_srwlock_AcquireShared,
 MDBX_GetFileInformationByHandleEx mdbx_GetFileInformationByHandleEx;
 MDBX_GetVolumeInformationByHandleW mdbx_GetVolumeInformationByHandleW;
 MDBX_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW mdbx_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW;
+MDBX_SetFileInformationByHandle mdbx_SetFileInformationByHandle;
 MDBX_NtFsControlFile mdbx_NtFsControlFile;
 
 static void mdbx_winnt_import(void) {
@@ -699,6 +700,10 @@ static void mdbx_winnt_import(void) {
       (MDBX_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW)GetProcAddress(
           hKernel32dll, "GetFinalPathNameByHandleW");
 
+  mdbx_SetFileInformationByHandle =
+      (MDBX_SetFileInformationByHandle)GetProcAddress(
+          hKernel32dll, "SetFileInformationByHandle");
+
   const HINSTANCE hNtdll = GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll");
   mdbx_NtFsControlFile =
       (MDBX_NtFsControlFile)GetProcAddress(hNtdll, "NtFsControlFile");
diff --git a/src/osal.c b/src/osal.c
index 4f9aad27..2358b323 100644
--- a/src/osal.c
+++ b/src/osal.c
@@ -741,11 +741,21 @@ int mdbx_filesize(mdbx_filehandle_t fd, uint64_t *length) {
 
 int mdbx_ftruncate(mdbx_filehandle_t fd, uint64_t length) {
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
-  LARGE_INTEGER li;
-  li.QuadPart = length;
-  return (SetFilePointerEx(fd, li, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) && SetEndOfFile(fd))
-             ? MDBX_SUCCESS
-             : GetLastError();
+  if (mdbx_SetFileInformationByHandle) {
+    FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO EndOfFileInfo;
+    EndOfFileInfo.EndOfFile.QuadPart = length;
+    return mdbx_SetFileInformationByHandle(fd, FileEndOfFileInfo,
+                                           &EndOfFileInfo,
+                                           sizeof(FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO))
+               ? MDBX_SUCCESS
+               : GetLastError();
+  } else {
+    LARGE_INTEGER li;
+    li.QuadPart = length;
+    return (SetFilePointerEx(fd, li, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) && SetEndOfFile(fd))
+               ? MDBX_SUCCESS
+               : GetLastError();
+  }
 #else
   STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(off_t) >= sizeof(size_t),
                     "libmdbx requires 64-bit file I/O on 64-bit systems");
diff --git a/src/osal.h b/src/osal.h
index 9f9d1a44..101605be 100644
--- a/src/osal.h
+++ b/src/osal.h
@@ -627,6 +627,12 @@ typedef DWORD(WINAPI *MDBX_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW)(_In_ HANDLE hFile,
                                                       _In_ DWORD dwFlags);
 extern MDBX_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW mdbx_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW;
 
+typedef BOOL(WINAPI *MDBX_SetFileInformationByHandle)(
+    _In_ HANDLE hFile, _In_ FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS FileInformationClass,
+    _Out_ LPVOID lpFileInformation, _In_ DWORD dwBufferSize);
+
+extern MDBX_SetFileInformationByHandle mdbx_SetFileInformationByHandle;
+
 typedef NTSTATUS(NTAPI *MDBX_NtFsControlFile)(
     IN HANDLE FileHandle, IN OUT HANDLE Event,
     IN OUT PVOID /* PIO_APC_ROUTINE */ ApcRoutine, IN OUT PVOID ApcContext,