diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 27176aa07c..0b14e60156 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -5430,6 +5430,8 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
         is received by the server.  The process title is typically viewed
         by the <command>ps</> command,
         or in Windows by using the <application>Process Explorer</>.
+        This value defaults to off on Windows platforms due to the
+        platform's significant overhead for updating the process title.
         Only superusers can change this setting.
        </para>
       </listitem>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 0a58ba1fae..31172ef300 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,11 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 			gettext_noop("Enables updating of the process title every time a new SQL command is received by the server.")
 		},
 		&update_process_title,
+#ifdef WIN32
+		false,
+#else
 		true,
+#endif
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 73cb7ee683..a978bbc328 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,12 @@ setup_config(void)
 							  "#effective_io_concurrency = 0");
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	conflines = replace_token(conflines,
+							  "#update_process_title = on",
+							  "#update_process_title = off");
+#endif
+
 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/postgresql.conf", pg_data);
 
 	writefile(path, conflines);