diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_app.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_app.erl
index fb4d487e9..216e979ee 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_app.erl
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 -module(emqx_ds_app).
 
+-dialyzer({nowarn_function, storage/0}).
+
 -export([start/2]).
 
 -include("emqx_ds_int.hrl").
@@ -13,13 +15,22 @@ start(_Type, _Args) ->
     emqx_ds_sup:start_link().
 
 init_mnesia() ->
+    %% FIXME: This is a temporary workaround to avoid crashes when starting on Windows
     ok = mria:create_table(
         ?SESSION_TAB,
         [
             {rlog_shard, ?DS_SHARD},
             {type, set},
-            {storage, rocksdb_copies},
+            {storage, storage()},
             {record_name, session},
             {attributes, record_info(fields, session)}
         ]
     ).
+
+storage() ->
+    case mria:rocksdb_backend_available() of
+        true ->
+            rocksdb_copies;
+        _ ->
+            disc_copies
+    end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_durable_storage.app.src b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_durable_storage.app.src
index 944477306..ecf9dd270 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_durable_storage.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_durable_storage.app.src
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {application, emqx_durable_storage, [
     {description, "Message persistence and subscription replays for EMQX"},
     % strict semver, bump manually!
-    {vsn, "0.1.1"},
+    {vsn, "0.1.2"},
     {modules, []},
     {registered, []},
     {applications, [kernel, stdlib, rocksdb, gproc, mria]},
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-11352.en.md b/changes/ce/fix-11352.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..537bc2f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-11352.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed this [#11345](https://github.com/emqx/emqx/issues/11345) crash issue when starting on Windows or any other platform without RocksDB support.