diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index e6d480de905..abcb2af47f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ The issue will be fixed in the 6.4.1 release.
 - Add module state reporting for Beats Monitoring. {pull}7075[7075]
 - Release the `rename` processor as GA. {pull}7656[7656]
 - Add support for Openstack Nova in `add_cloud_metadata` processor. {pull}7663[7663]
+- Add support to set Beats services to automatic-delayed start on Windows. {pull}8720[8711]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/windows/install-service.ps1.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/windows/install-service.ps1.tmpl
index c4b4f682f3c..4aecfc56cb8 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/windows/install-service.ps1.tmpl
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/windows/install-service.ps1.tmpl
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ $workdir = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
 New-Service -name {{.BeatName}} `
   -displayName {{.BeatName | title}} `
   -binaryPathName "`"$workdir\{{.BeatName}}.exe`" -c `"$workdir\{{.BeatName}}.yml`" -path.home `"$workdir`" -path.data `"C:\ProgramData\{{.BeatName}}`" -path.logs `"C:\ProgramData\{{.BeatName}}\logs`""
+
+# Attempt to set the service to delayed start using sc config.
+Try {
+  Start-Process -FilePath sc.exe -ArgumentList 'config {{.BeatName}} start=delayed-auto'
+}
+Catch { Write-Host "An error occured setting the service to delayed start." -ForegroundColor Red }