diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c68bc7fa..f90090294 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pkg/
 *.swp
 .forge-releng/
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 1d196c333..08350ed0c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 class memcached (
   $package_ensure  = 'present',
-  $logfile         = '/var/log/memcached.log',
+  $logfile         = $::memcached::params::logfile,
   $pidfile         = '/var/run/memcached.pid',
   $manage_firewall = false,
   $max_memory      = false,
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
   $service_restart = true,
   $auto_removal    = false,
   $use_sasl        = false,
-  $large_mem_pages = false,
+  $use_registry    = $::memcached::params::use_registry,
+  $registry_key    = 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\services\memcached\ImagePath',
+  $large_mem_pages = false
 ) inherits memcached::params {
 
   # validate type and convert string to boolean if necessary
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@
   }
 
   package { $memcached::params::package_name:
-    ensure => $package_ensure,
+    ensure   => $package_ensure,
+    provider => $memcached::params::package_provider
   }
 
   if $install_dev {
@@ -73,13 +76,15 @@
     $service_notify_real = undef
   }
 
-  file { $memcached::params::config_file:
-    owner   => 'root',
-    group   => 'root',
-    mode    => '0644',
-    content => template($memcached::params::config_tmpl),
-    require => Package[$memcached::params::package_name],
-    notify  => $service_notify_real,
+  if ( $memcached::params::config_file ) {
+    file { $memcached::params::config_file:
+      owner   => 'root',
+      group   => 'root',
+      mode    => '0644',
+      content => template($memcached::params::config_tmpl),
+      require => Package[$memcached::params::package_name],
+      notify  => $service_notify_real,
+    }
   }
 
   service { $memcached::params::service_name:
@@ -88,4 +93,13 @@
     hasrestart => true,
     hasstatus  => $memcached::params::service_hasstatus,
   }
+
+  if $use_registry {
+    registry_value{ $registry_key:
+      ensure => 'present',
+      type   => 'string',
+      data   => template($memcached::params::config_tmpl),
+      notify => Service[$memcached::params::service_name]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 20cb1ca51..1469a4b4d 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -4,32 +4,53 @@
   case $::osfamily {
     'Debian': {
       $package_name      = 'memcached'
+      $package_provider  = undef
       $service_name      = 'memcached'
       $service_hasstatus = false
       $dev_package_name  = 'libmemcached-dev'
       $config_file       = '/etc/memcached.conf'
       $config_tmpl       = "${module_name}/memcached.conf.erb"
       $user              = 'nobody'
+      $logfile           = '/var/log/memcached.log'
+      $use_registry      = false
     }
     /RedHat|Suse/: {
       $package_name      = 'memcached'
+      $package_provider  = undef
       $service_name      = 'memcached'
       $service_hasstatus = true
       $dev_package_name  = 'libmemcached-devel'
       $config_file       = '/etc/sysconfig/memcached'
       $config_tmpl       = "${module_name}/memcached_sysconfig.erb"
       $user              = 'memcached'
+      $logfile           = '/var/log/memcached.log'
+      $use_registry      = false
+    }
+    /windows/: {
+      $package_name      = 'memcached'
+      $package_provider  = 'chocolatey'
+      $service_name      = 'memcached'
+      $service_hasstatus = true
+      $dev_package_name  = 'libmemcached-devel'
+      $config_file       = undef
+      $config_tmpl       = "${module_name}/memcached_windows.erb"
+      $user              = 'BUILTIN\Administrators'
+      $logfile           = undef
+      $use_registry      = true
     }
     default: {
       case $::operatingsystem {
         'Amazon': {
           $package_name      = 'memcached'
+          $package_provider  = undef
           $service_name      = 'memcached'
           $service_hasstatus = true
           $dev_package_name  = 'libmemcached-devel'
           $config_file       = '/etc/sysconfig/memcached'
           $config_tmpl       = "${module_name}/memcached_sysconfig.erb"
           $user              = 'memcached'
+          $logfile           = '/var/log/memcached.log'
+          $use_registry      = false
         }
         default: {
           fail("Unsupported platform: ${::osfamily}/${::operatingsystem}")
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 5ee9067f3..c4164ab4c 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu"
+    },
+    {
+      "operatingsystem": "Windows"
     }
   ],
   "requirements": [
diff --git a/templates/memcached_windows.erb b/templates/memcached_windows.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3964f2a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/memcached_windows.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<%-
+result = []
+if @verbosity
+  result << '-' + @verbosity.to_s
+end
+if @lock_memory
+  result << '-k'
+end
+if @listen_ip
+  result << '-l ' + @listen_ip
+end
+if @tcp_port
+  result << '-p ' + @tcp_port.to_s
+end
+if @udp_port
+  result << '-U ' + @udp_port.to_s
+end
+if @item_size
+  result << '-I ' + @item_size.to_s
+end
+result << '-t ' + @processorcount
+if @max_connections 
+  result << '-c ' + @max_connections
+end
+if @logfile
+  result << '>> ' + @logfile + ' 2>&1'
+end -%>
+c:\memcached\memcached.exe -d runservice <%= result.join(' ') %>