diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e63e3e95..65c1ac14a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+**Fixes**:
+
+- Breakpad: fix loader deadlock when capturing crash dump while network requests are in flight. ([#1502](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1502))
+
 ## 0.12.5
 
 **Features**:
diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_breakpad.cpp b/src/backends/sentry_backend_breakpad.cpp
index 86eb3bec4..dc25c5dd6 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_breakpad.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_breakpad.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ breakpad_backend_startup(
         && defined(SENTRY_THREAD_STACK_GUARANTEE_AUTO_INIT)
     sentry__set_default_thread_stack_guarantee();
 #    endif
+    // Pre-load to prevent frequent LoadPsApi deadlocks in MiniDumpWriteDump
+    LoadLibraryA("psapi.dll");
     backend->data = new google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler(
         current_run_folder->path_w, nullptr, breakpad_backend_callback, nullptr,
         google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler::HANDLER_EXCEPTION);