diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 045ce9e..1880414 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2474dd2..274e31f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ macmon = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 # ADLX, the AMD driver's library, is loaded at run time: no AMD driver, no source.
 libloading = "0.8"
+# Already in the lockfile through tokio.
+windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = ["Win32_System_JobObjects", "Win32_System_Threading"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/src/sampler.rs b/src/sampler.rs
index c62ca76..aafc357 100644
--- a/src/sampler.rs
+++ b/src/sampler.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 //! reports power (Jetson's integrated GPU answers `[N/A]`) stops the sampler
 //! after its first round, and so does a macOS VM, whose GPU reads 0 W.
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+mod job;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncBufRead, Lines};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -155,8 +158,11 @@ mod nvidia {
         if !listing.status.success() || gpus == 0 {
             return Ok(false);
         }
-        // `kill_on_drop` ends nvidia-smi with the plugin when it returns; a
-        // plugin killed outright can leave it looping on Windows.
+        // `kill_on_drop` ends nvidia-smi with the plugin when it returns. On
+        // Windows a plugin killed outright would leave it looping, so it also
+        // runs in a job that Windows closes with the plugin.
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let job = super::job::KillOnClose::new();
         let mut child = Command::new("nvidia-smi")
             .args([
                 "--query-gpu=index,power.draw",
@@ -169,6 +175,22 @@ mod nvidia {
             .kill_on_drop(true)
             .spawn()
             .context("start nvidia-smi power sampling")?;
+        // Held until sampling ends, since closing the job ends nvidia-smi.
+        // Without it the readings still work; only that cleanup is lost. A
+        // plugin killed between spawn and assignment still leaves one behind:
+        // starting it suspended would close that gap, which tokio's Command
+        // does not offer.
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let _job = match job.and_then(|job| {
+            let process = child.raw_handle().ok_or(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound)?;
+            job.assign(process).map(|()| job)
+        }) {
+            Ok(job) => Some(job),
+            Err(error) => {
+                eprintln!("powermetrics-plugin: nvidia-smi may outlive the plugin: {error}");
+                None
+            }
+        };
         let stdout = child
             .stdout
             .take()
diff --git a/src/sampler/job.rs b/src/sampler/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd2cd59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sampler/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+//! A Windows job object that ends the processes in it once nothing holds it.
+//!
+//! `kill_on_drop` only runs when the plugin unwinds. A plugin ended outright
+//! (the host killed, a console closed) leaves `nvidia-smi --loop-ms` running
+//! for good on Windows, where a write to the closed pipe does not stop it. The
+//! job's handle lives in the plugin process, so Windows closes it whichever
+//! way the plugin ends, and the job then ends `nvidia-smi` too.
+
+use std::io;
+use std::os::windows::io::{AsRawHandle, FromRawHandle, OwnedHandle};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::JobObjects::{
+    AssignProcessToJobObject, CreateJobObjectW, JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE,
+    JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION, JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation,
+    SetInformationJobObject,
+};
+
+pub(super) struct KillOnClose(OwnedHandle);
+
+impl KillOnClose {
+    pub(super) fn new() -> io::Result<Self> {
+        // SAFETY: no attributes and no name ask for an anonymous job; the
+        // handle is checked before it is owned.
+        let raw = unsafe { CreateJobObjectW(std::ptr::null(), std::ptr::null()) };
+        if raw.is_null() {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        // SAFETY: `raw` is a valid job handle that nothing else owns.
+        let job = Self(unsafe { OwnedHandle::from_raw_handle(raw) });
+        let mut limits = JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION::default();
+        limits.BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags = JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE;
+        // SAFETY: the pointer and size describe `limits`, which outlives the call.
+        let set = unsafe {
+            SetInformationJobObject(
+                job.0.as_raw_handle(),
+                JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation,
+                (&raw const limits).cast(),
+                size_of::<JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION>() as u32,
+            )
+        };
+        if set == 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        Ok(job)
+    }
+
+    /// Puts the process behind `process` in the job.
+    pub(super) fn assign(&self, process: std::os::windows::io::RawHandle) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // SAFETY: both handles are open for the duration of the call.
+        if unsafe { AssignProcessToJobObject(self.0.as_raw_handle(), process) } == 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+    use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn closing_the_job_ends_the_process_in_it() {
+        // A child that would otherwise run for a minute.
+        let mut child = Command::new("ping")
+            .args(["-n", "60", "127.0.0.1"])
+            .stdout(Stdio::null())
+            .spawn()
+            .unwrap();
+        let job = KillOnClose::new().unwrap();
+        job.assign(child.as_raw_handle()).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none(),
+            "still running in the job"
+        );
+
+        drop(job);
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(10);
+        while child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none() {
+            assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "the child outlived its job");
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+        }
+    }
+}