diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6aaf91a..665dddc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "scoped-pool 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "structopt 0.3.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unbytify 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "version_check 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "walkdir 2.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b8577c3..f29a417 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ fnv = "1.0.6"
 unbytify = "0.2.0"
 regex = "1.3.1"
 glob = "0.3.0"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+version_check = "0.9"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6ca1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+extern crate version_check;
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
+    if cfg!(unix){
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=use_ino");
+    } else if version_check::is_feature_flaggable().unwrap_or(false) && cfg!(windows) {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=use_windows_file_numbers");
+    } else{
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=use_ino_placeholder");
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0b20db4..0a6aba4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
-use std::fs::{File, Metadata};
+#![cfg_attr(use_windows_file_numbers, feature(windows_by_handle))]
+
+#[cfg(any(use_ino, use_ino_placeholder))]
+use std::fs::Metadata;
+
+#[cfg(use_ino)]
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+
+#[cfg(use_windows_file_numbers)]
+use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
+
+#[cfg(use_windows_file_numbers)]
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write, Seek, SeekFrom};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{Sender, channel};
@@ -7,8 +21,6 @@ use structopt::StructOpt;
 use fnv::{FnvHashMap as HashMap, FnvHashSet as HashSet};
 use blake3::Hasher;
 use walkdir::{DirEntry, WalkDir};
-#[cfg(unix)]
-use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use regex::Regex;
 use glob::Pattern;
 
@@ -232,14 +244,26 @@ fn main() {
 
     // We take care to avoid visiting a single inode twice,
     // which takes care of (false positive) hardlinks.
-    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[cfg(use_ino)]
     fn check_inode(set: &mut HashSet<(u64, u64)>, entry: &Metadata) -> bool {
         set.insert((entry.dev(), entry.ino()))
     }
-    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+
+    #[cfg(use_windows_file_numbers)]
+    fn check_inode(set: &mut HashSet<(u32, u64)>, entry: &Path) -> Option<bool> {
+        let meta = match std::fs::metadata(entry){
+            Ok(m) => m,
+            Err(_) => return None,
+        };
+        
+        return Some(set.insert( (meta.volume_serial_number()?, meta.file_index()?) ));
+    }
+    
+    #[cfg(use_ino_placeholder)]
     fn check_inode(_: &mut HashSet<(u64, u64)>, _: &Metadata) -> bool {
         true
     }
+    
 
     // Set up thread pool for our various tasks.  Number of CPUs + 1 has been
     // found to be a good pool size, likely since the walker thread should be
@@ -303,11 +327,23 @@ fn main() {
                                 Ok(meta) => {
                                     let fsize = meta.len();
                                     if fsize >= minsize && fsize <= maxsize {
+                                        
+                                        #[cfg(any(use_ino, use_ino_placeholder))]
                                         if check_inode(&mut inodes, &meta) {
                                             if !hidden_excluded(&dir_entry) && matches_pattern(&dir_entry) {
                                                 process(fsize, dir_entry);
                                             }
                                         }
+                                        
+                                        
+                                        #[cfg(use_windows_file_numbers)]
+                                        match check_inode(&mut inodes, dir_entry.path()) {
+                                            Some(true) => if !hidden_excluded(&dir_entry) && matches_pattern(&dir_entry) {
+                                                process(fsize, dir_entry);
+                                            },
+                                            Some(false) => (),
+                                            None => eprintln!("Can't determine file or device number"),
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 }
                                 Err(e) => {