diff --git a/lib/components/term-group.tsx b/lib/components/term-group.tsx
index de13b0a8..ae1ec7e3 100644
--- a/lib/components/term-group.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/term-group.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class TermGroup_ extends React.PureComponent<TermGroupProps> {
       macOptionSelectionMode: this.props.macOptionSelectionMode,
       disableLigatures: this.props.disableLigatures,
       screenReaderMode: this.props.screenReaderMode,
+      windowsPty: this.props.windowsPty,
       uid
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/components/term.tsx b/lib/components/term.tsx
index a8a0057e..02fcad9f 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/term.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import 'xterm/css/xterm.css';
 
 const SearchBox = decorate(_SearchBox, 'SearchBox');
 
-const isWindows = ['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE'].includes(navigator.platform);
+const isWindows = ['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE'].includes(navigator.platform) || process.platform === 'win32';
 
 // map old hterm constants to xterm.js
 const CURSOR_STYLES = {
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const getTermOptions = (props: TermProps): ITerminalOptions => {
     allowTransparency: needTransparency,
     macOptionClickForcesSelection: props.macOptionSelectionMode === 'force',
     windowsMode: isWindows,
+    ...(isWindows && props.windowsPty && {windowsPty: props.windowsPty}),
     theme: {
       foreground: props.foregroundColor,
       background: backgroundColor,
diff --git a/lib/components/terms.tsx b/lib/components/terms.tsx
index bc819db3..5695a571 100644
--- a/lib/components/terms.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/terms.tsx
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export default class Terms extends React.Component<TermsProps> {
             macOptionSelectionMode: this.props.macOptionSelectionMode,
             disableLigatures: this.props.disableLigatures,
             screenReaderMode: this.props.screenReaderMode,
+            windowsPty: this.props.windowsPty,
             parentProps: this.props
           });
 
diff --git a/lib/containers/terms.ts b/lib/containers/terms.ts
index c6ca776e..5e934060 100644
--- a/lib/containers/terms.ts
+++ b/lib/containers/terms.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: HyperState) => {
     webLinksActivationKey: state.ui.webLinksActivationKey,
     macOptionSelectionMode: state.ui.macOptionSelectionMode,
     disableLigatures: state.ui.disableLigatures,
-    screenReaderMode: state.ui.screenReaderMode
+    screenReaderMode: state.ui.screenReaderMode,
+    windowsPty: state.ui.windowsPty
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/hyper.d.ts b/lib/hyper.d.ts
index dc49b52a..26937548 100644
--- a/lib/hyper.d.ts
+++ b/lib/hyper.d.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export type ITermState = Immutable<{
 }>;
 
 export type cursorShapes = 'BEAM' | 'UNDERLINE' | 'BLOCK';
-import {FontWeight, Terminal} from 'xterm';
+import {FontWeight, IWindowsPty, Terminal} from 'xterm';
 import {ColorMap} from './config';
 
 export type uiState = Immutable<{
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export type uiState = Immutable<{
   updateVersion: string | null;
   webGLRenderer: boolean;
   webLinksActivationKey: 'ctrl' | 'alt' | 'meta' | 'shift' | '';
+  windowsPty?: IWindowsPty;
 }>;
 
 export type session = {
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ export type TermGroupOwnProps = {
   | 'uiFontFamily'
   | 'webGLRenderer'
   | 'webLinksActivationKey'
+  | 'windowsPty'
 >;
 
 import {TermGroupConnectedProps} from './components/term-group';
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ export type TermProps = {
   url: string | null;
   webGLRenderer: boolean;
   webLinksActivationKey: 'ctrl' | 'alt' | 'meta' | 'shift' | '';
+  windowsPty?: IWindowsPty;
   ref_: (uid: string, term: Term | null) => void;
 } & extensionProps;
 
diff --git a/lib/reducers/ui.ts b/lib/reducers/ui.ts
index 4a432d53..313dec00 100644
--- a/lib/reducers/ui.ts
+++ b/lib/reducers/ui.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import {
 } from '../constants/sessions';
 import {UPDATE_AVAILABLE} from '../constants/updater';
 import {uiState, Mutable, IUiReducer} from '../hyper';
+import {release} from 'os';
+
+const isWindows = ['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE'].includes(navigator.platform) || process.platform === 'win32';
 
 const allowedCursorShapes = new Set(['BEAM', 'BLOCK', 'UNDERLINE']);
 const allowedCursorBlinkValues = new Set([true, false]);
@@ -269,6 +272,15 @@ const reducer: IUiReducer = (state = initial, action) => {
               ret.screenReaderMode = config.screenReaderMode;
             }
 
+            const buildNumber = parseInt(release().split('.').at(-1) || '0', 10);
+            if (isWindows && !Number.isNaN(buildNumber) && buildNumber > 0) {
+              const useConpty = typeof config.useConpty === 'boolean' ? config.useConpty : buildNumber >= 18309;
+              ret.windowsPty = {
+                backend: useConpty ? 'conpty' : 'winpty',
+                buildNumber
+              };
+            }
+
             ret._lastUpdate = now;
 
             return ret;