diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 66f0115ed..04531d71f 100755
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -6,7 +6,18 @@
         'with_jpeg%': 'false',
         'with_gif%': 'false',
         'with_pango%': 'false',
-        'with_freetype%': 'false'
+        'with_freetype%': 'false',
+        'variables': { # Nest jpeg_root to evaluate it before with_jpeg
+          'jpeg_root%': '<!(node ./util/win_jpeg_lookup)'
+        },
+        'jpeg_root%': '<(jpeg_root)', # Take value of nested variable
+        'conditions': [
+          ['jpeg_root==""', {
+            'with_jpeg%': 'false'
+          }, {
+            'with_jpeg%': 'true'
+          }]
+        ]
       }
     }, { # 'OS!="win"'
       'variables': {
@@ -138,8 +149,17 @@
           ],
           'conditions': [
             ['OS=="win"', {
+              'copies': [{
+                'destination': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
+                'files': [
+                  '<(jpeg_root)/bin/jpeg62.dll',
+                ]
+              }],
+              'include_dirs': [
+                '<(jpeg_root)/include'
+              ],
               'libraries': [
-                '-l<(GTK_Root)/lib/jpeg.lib'
+                '-l<(jpeg_root)/lib/jpeg.lib',
               ]
             }, {
               'libraries': [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ce2e0a8d..31dd0a59c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "canvas",
   "description": "Canvas graphics API backed by Cairo",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "author": "TJ Holowaychuk <tj@learnboost.com>",
   "contributors": [
     "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>",
diff --git a/src/Image.cc b/src/Image.cc
index 0147f878f..ab45ae36f 100644
--- a/src/Image.cc
+++ b/src/Image.cc
@@ -640,8 +640,7 @@ Image::loadGIFFromBuffer(uint8_t *buf, unsigned len) {
 
 // libjpeg 6.2 does not have jpeg_mem_src; define it ourselves here unless
 // libjpeg 8 is installed.
-#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION < 80
-
+#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION < 80 && !defined(MEM_SRCDST_SUPPORTED)
 /* Read JPEG image from a memory segment */
 static void
 init_source(j_decompress_ptr cinfo) {}
@@ -881,6 +880,27 @@ Image::loadJPEG(FILE *stream) {
   cairo_status_t status;
 
   if (data_mode == DATA_IMAGE) { // Can lazily read in the JPEG.
+#if defined (_MSC_VER)
+    uint8_t *buf;
+    unsigned len;
+
+    fseek(stream, 0, SEEK_END);
+    len = ftell(stream);
+    fseek(stream, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+    buf = (uint8_t *) malloc(len);
+
+    if (!buf) return CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
+
+    if (fread(buf, len, 1, stream) != 1) {
+      status = CAIRO_STATUS_READ_ERROR;
+    } else {
+      status = loadJPEGFromBuffer(buf, len);
+    }
+
+    fclose(stream);
+    free(buf);
+#else
     // JPEG setup
     struct jpeg_decompress_struct args;
     struct jpeg_error_mgr err;
@@ -896,6 +916,7 @@ Image::loadJPEG(FILE *stream) {
 
     status = decodeJPEGIntoSurface(&args);
     fclose(stream);
+#endif
   } else { // We'll need the actual source jpeg data, so read fully.
 #if CAIRO_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
     uint8_t *buf;
@@ -906,6 +927,7 @@ Image::loadJPEG(FILE *stream) {
     fseek(stream, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
     buf = (uint8_t *) malloc(len);
+
     if (!buf) return CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 
     if (fread(buf, len, 1, stream) != 1) {
diff --git a/test/image.test.js b/test/image.test.js
index ae39d6207..1ff2e100d 100644
--- a/test/image.test.js
+++ b/test/image.test.js
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ var Canvas = require('../')
 
 var png_checkers = __dirname + '/fixtures/checkers.png';
 var png_clock = __dirname + '/fixtures/clock.png';
+var jpg_face = __dirname + '/public/face.jpeg';
 
 describe('Image', function () {
+  this.timeout(5000);
   it('should require new', function () {
     assert.throws(function () { Image(); }, TypeError);
   });
@@ -19,6 +21,30 @@ describe('Image', function () {
     assert.ok(Image instanceof Function);
   });
 
+  it('Image set src to JPEG', function () {
+    var img = new Image
+      , onloadCalled = 0;
+
+    assert.strictEqual(null, img.onload);
+    assert.strictEqual(false, img.complete);
+
+    img.onload = function () {
+      onloadCalled += 1;
+      assert.strictEqual(img.src, jpg_face);
+      assert.strictEqual(485, img.width);
+      assert.strictEqual(401, img.height);
+      assert.strictEqual(true, img.complete);
+    };
+
+    img.onerror = function (e) {
+      console.error("ERROR", e); // temporary...
+    };
+
+    img.src = jpg_face;
+    assert.strictEqual(1, onloadCalled);
+    assert.strictEqual(img.src, jpg_face);
+  });
+
   it('Image#onload', function () {
     var img = new Image
       , onloadCalled = 0;
diff --git a/util/win_jpeg_lookup.js b/util/win_jpeg_lookup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..990c491ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/win_jpeg_lookup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
+var paths = ['C:/libjpeg-turbo']
+
+if (process.arch === 'x64') {
+  paths.unshift('C:/libjpeg-turbo64')
+}
+
+paths.forEach(function(path){
+  if (exists(path)) {
+    process.stdout.write(path)
+    process.exit()
+  }
+})
+
+function exists(path) {
+  try {
+    return fs.lstatSync(path).isDirectory()
+  } catch(e) {
+    return false
+  }
+}