diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
index e7ed66d35b..927fbec80b 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
@@ -919,8 +919,10 @@ def build_parser_create(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):
             dest="files_cache_mode",
             action=Highlander,
             type=FilesCacheMode,
-            default=FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT,
-            help="operate files cache in MODE. default: %s" % FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT,
+            default=FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT_WIN32 if is_win32 else FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT,
+            help=("operate files cache in MODE. default: %s"
+             % (FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT_WIN32 if is_win32 else FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT)
+),
         )
         fs_group.add_argument(
             "--files-changed",
diff --git a/src/borg/constants.py b/src/borg/constants.py
index f128cc2f88..b7e0c7723e 100644
--- a/src/borg/constants.py
+++ b/src/borg/constants.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 
 # operating mode of the files cache (for fast skipping of unchanged files)
 FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT = "ctime,size,inode"  # default for "borg create" command (CLI UI)
+FILES_CACHE_MODE_UI_DEFAULT_WIN32 = "mtime,size,inode" # default for "borg create" on win32
 FILES_CACHE_MODE_DISABLED = "d"  # most borg commands do not use the files cache at all (disable)
 
 # account for clocks being slightly out-of-sync, timestamps granularity.