diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_fallback.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_fallback.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..723649175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_fallback.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package main
+
+// Fallback implementation
+
+import (
+	"log"
+)
+
+func hypervStartConsole(vmName string) error {
+	log.Fatalf("This function should not be called")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func hypervRestoreConsole() {
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_windows.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d71b6012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/hyperv_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package main
+
+// Implement Windows specific functions here
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm/winterm"
+	"github.com/Microsoft/go-winio"
+	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// Some of the code below is copied and modified from:
+// https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/pkg/term/term_windows.go
+const (
+	// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683167(v=vs.85).aspx
+	enableVirtualTerminalInput      = 0x0200
+	enableVirtualTerminalProcessing = 0x0004
+	disableNewlineAutoReturn        = 0x0008
+)
+
+func hypervStartConsole(vmName string) error {
+	if err := hypervConfigureConsole(); err != nil {
+		log.Infof("Configure Console: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	pipeName := fmt.Sprintf(`\\.\pipe\%s-com1`, vmName)
+	var c net.Conn
+	var err error
+	for count := 1; count < 100; count++ {
+		c, err = winio.DialPipe(pipeName, nil)
+		defer c.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			// Argh, different Windows versions seem to
+			// return different errors and we can't easily
+			// catch the error. On some versions it is
+			// winio.ErrTimeout...
+			// Instead poll 100 times and then error out
+			log.Infof("Connect to console: %v", err)
+			time.Sleep(10 * 1000 * 1000 * time.Nanosecond)
+			continue
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Connected")
+	go io.Copy(c, os.Stdin)
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(os.Stdout, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var (
+	hypervStdinMode  uint32
+	hypervStdoutMode uint32
+	hypervStderrMode uint32
+)
+
+func hypervConfigureConsole() error {
+	// Turn on VT handling on all std handles, if possible. This might
+	// fail on older windows version, but we'll ignore that for now
+	// Also disable local echo
+
+	fd := os.Stdin.Fd()
+	if hypervStdinMode, err := winterm.GetConsoleMode(fd); err == nil {
+		if err = winterm.SetConsoleMode(fd, hypervStdinMode|enableVirtualTerminalInput); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("VT Processing is not supported on stdin")
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	fd = os.Stdout.Fd()
+	if hypervStdoutMode, err := winterm.GetConsoleMode(fd); err == nil {
+		if err = winterm.SetConsoleMode(fd, hypervStdoutMode|enableVirtualTerminalProcessing|disableNewlineAutoReturn); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("VT Processing is not supported on stdout")
+		}
+	}
+
+	fd = os.Stderr.Fd()
+	if hypervStderrMode, err := winterm.GetConsoleMode(fd); err == nil {
+		if err = winterm.SetConsoleMode(fd, hypervStderrMode|enableVirtualTerminalProcessing|disableNewlineAutoReturn); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("VT Processing is not supported on stderr")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func hypervRestoreConsole() {
+	winterm.SetConsoleMode(os.Stdin.Fd(), hypervStdinMode)
+	winterm.SetConsoleMode(os.Stdout.Fd(), hypervStdoutMode)
+	winterm.SetConsoleMode(os.Stderr.Fd(), hypervStderrMode)
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run.go
index 11636ba78..7e2e9c465 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func runUsage() {
 	fmt.Printf("  azure\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  gcp\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  hyperkit [macOS]\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  hyperv [Windows]\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  packet\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  qemu [linux]\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  vcenter\n")
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ func run(args []string) {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	case "hyperkit":
 		runHyperKit(args[1:])
+	case "hyperv":
+		runHyperV(args[1:])
 	case "packet":
 		runPacket(args[1:])
 	case "qemu":
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ func run(args []string) {
 			runHyperKit(args)
 		case "linux":
 			runQemu(args)
+		case "windows":
+			runHyperV(args)
 		default:
 			log.Errorf("There currently is no default 'run' backend for your platform.")
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_hyperv.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_hyperv.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6794ffd2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_hyperv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// Process the run arguments and execute run
+func runHyperV(args []string) {
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("hyperv", flag.ExitOnError)
+	invoked := filepath.Base(os.Args[0])
+	flags.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Printf("USAGE: %s run hyperv [options] path\n\n", invoked)
+		fmt.Printf("'path' specifies the path to a EFI ISO file.\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n")
+		fmt.Printf("Options:\n")
+		flags.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+	keep := flags.Bool("keep", false, "Keep the VM after finishing")
+	vmName := flags.String("name", "", "Name of the Hyper-V VM")
+	cpus := flags.Int("cpus", 1, "Number of CPUs")
+	mem := flags.Int("mem", 1024, "Amount of memory in MB")
+	var disks Disks
+	flags.Var(&disks, "disk", "Disk config. [file=]path[,size=1G]")
+
+	switchName := flags.String("switch", "", "Which Hyper-V switch to attache the VM to. If left empty, the first external switch found is used.")
+
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to parse args")
+	}
+	remArgs := flags.Args()
+	if len(remArgs) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("Please specify the path to the ISO image to boot\n")
+		flags.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	isoPath := remArgs[0]
+
+	// Sanity checks. Errors out on failure
+	hypervChecks()
+
+	vmSwitch, err := hypervGetSwitch(*switchName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
+	log.Debugf("Using switch: %s", vmSwitch)
+
+	if *vmName == "" {
+		*vmName = filepath.Base(isoPath)
+		*vmName = strings.TrimSuffix(*vmName, ".iso")
+		// Also strip -efi in case it is present
+		*vmName = strings.TrimSuffix(*vmName, "-efi")
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Creating VM: %s", *vmName)
+	_, out, err := poshCmd("New-VM", "-Name", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+		"-Generation", "2",
+		"-NoVHD",
+		"-SwitchName", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", vmSwitch))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to create new VM: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	log.Infof("Configure VM: %s", *vmName)
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Set-VM", "-Name", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+		"-AutomaticStartAction", "Nothing",
+		"-AutomaticStopAction", "ShutDown",
+		"-CheckpointType", "Disabled",
+		"-MemoryStartupBytes", fmt.Sprintf("%dMB", *mem),
+		"-StaticMemory",
+		"-ProcessorCount", fmt.Sprintf("%d", *cpus))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to configure new VM: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	for i, d := range disks {
+		id := ""
+		if i != 0 {
+			id = strconv.Itoa(i)
+		}
+		if d.Size != 0 && d.Path == "" {
+			d.Path = *vmName + "-disk" + id + ".vhdx"
+		}
+		if d.Path == "" {
+			log.Fatalf("disk specified with no size or name")
+		}
+
+		if _, err := os.Stat(d.Path); err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				log.Infof("Creating new disk %s %dMB", d.Path, d.Size)
+				_, out, err = poshCmd("New-VHD",
+					"-Path", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", d.Path),
+					"-SizeBytes", fmt.Sprintf("%dMB", d.Size),
+					"-Dynamic")
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatalf("Failed to create VHD %s: %v\n%s", d.Path, err, out)
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Fatalf("Problem accessing disk %s. %v", d.Path, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Infof("Using existing disk %s", d.Path)
+		}
+
+		_, out, err = poshCmd("Add-VMHardDiskDrive",
+			"-VMName", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+			"-Path", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", d.Path))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to add VHD %s: %v\n%s", d.Path, err, out)
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Setting up boot from ISO")
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Add-VMDvdDrive",
+		"-VMName", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+		"-Path", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", isoPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed add DVD: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	_, out, err = poshCmd(
+		fmt.Sprintf("$cdrom = Get-VMDvdDrive -vmname '%s';", *vmName),
+		"Set-VMFirmware", "-VMName", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+		"-EnableSecureBoot", "Off",
+		"-FirstBootDevice", "$cdrom")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed set DVD as boot device: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Set up COM port")
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Set-VMComPort",
+		"-VMName", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName),
+		"-number", "1",
+		"-Path", fmt.Sprintf(`\\.\pipe\%s-com1`, *vmName))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed set up COM port: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Start the VM")
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Start-VM", "-Name", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed start the VM: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	err = hypervStartConsole(*vmName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Infof("Console returned: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	hypervRestoreConsole()
+
+	if *keep {
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Stop the VM")
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Stop-VM",
+		"-Name", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName), "-Force")
+	if err != nil {
+		// Don't error out, could get an error if VM is already stopped
+		log.Infof("Stop-VM error: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Remove the VM")
+	_, out, err = poshCmd("Remove-VM",
+		"-Name", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", *vmName), "-Force")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Infof("Remove-VM error: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+}
+
+var powershell string
+
+// Execute a powershell command
+func poshCmd(args ...string) (string, string, error) {
+	args = append([]string{"-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive"}, args...)
+	cmd := exec.Command(powershell, args...)
+	log.Debugf("[POSH]: %s %s", powershell, strings.Join(args, " "))
+
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	return stdout.String(), stderr.String(), err
+}
+
+// Perform some sanity checks, and error if failing
+func hypervChecks() {
+	powershell, _ = exec.LookPath("powershell.exe")
+	if powershell == "" {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not find powershell executable")
+	}
+
+	hvAdmin := false
+	admin := false
+
+	out, _, err := poshCmd(`@([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole("Hyper-V Administrators")`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("Check for Hyper-V Admin failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	res := splitLines(out)
+	if res[0] == "True" {
+		hvAdmin = true
+	}
+
+	out, _, err = poshCmd(`@([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("Check for Admin failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	res = splitLines(out)
+	if res[0] == "True" {
+		admin = true
+	}
+	if !hvAdmin && !admin {
+		log.Fatal("Must be run from an elevated prompt or user must be in the Hyper-V Administrator role")
+	}
+
+	out, _, err = poshCmd("@(Get-Command Get-VM).ModuleName")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Check for Hyper-V powershell modules failed: %v")
+	}
+	res = splitLines(out)
+	if res[0] != "Hyper-V" {
+		log.Fatal("The Hyper-V powershell module does not seem to be installed")
+	}
+}
+
+// Find a Hyper-V switch. Either check that the supplied switch exists
+// or find the first external switch.
+func hypervGetSwitch(name string) (string, error) {
+	if name != "" {
+		_, _, err := poshCmd("Get-VMSwitch", name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Could not find switch %s: %v", name, err)
+		}
+		return name, nil
+	}
+
+	out, _, err := poshCmd("get-vmswitch | Format-Table -Property Name, SwitchType -HideTableHeaders")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Could not get list of switches: %v", err)
+	}
+	switches := splitLines(out)
+	for _, s := range switches {
+		if len(s) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		t := strings.SplitN(s, " ", 2)
+		if len(t) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(t[1], "External") {
+			return strings.Trim(t[0], " "), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Could not find an external switch")
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/util.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/util.go
index edacdf1fc..f7a8b1faf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/util.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/util.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -99,6 +100,18 @@ func stringToIntArray(l string, sep string) ([]int, error) {
 	return i, nil
 }
 
+// Convert a multi-line string into an array of strings
+func splitLines(in string) []string {
+	res := []string{}
+
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(in))
+	for s.Scan() {
+		res = append(res, s.Text())
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
 // This function parses the "size" parameter of a disk specification
 // and returns the size in MB. The "size" paramter defaults to GB, but
 // the unit can be explicitly set with either a G (for GB) or M (for