diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2c5c2f6b8..8e1b73f622 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod
 *.la
 *.pc
 .libs
+.sdk
 *.swp
 *.orig
 .pc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 806946e339..2fb0e5a879 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS); do \
 	rm -rf $$d || exit 1 ; \
         done
+	rm -Rf .sdk
 	if test -f pixman/config.log; then make -C pixman distclean; fi
 	if test -f dtc/version_gen.h; then make $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) clean; fi
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ca6c376f2d..abc29ab3d1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ usb_redir=""
 glx=""
 zlib="yes"
 guest_agent=""
+guest_agent_with_vss="no"
+vss_win32_sdk=""
+win_sdk="no"
 want_tools="yes"
 libiscsi=""
 coroutine=""
@@ -927,6 +930,18 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-guest-agent) guest_agent="no"
   ;;
+  --with-vss-sdk) vss_win32_sdk=""
+  ;;
+  --with-vss-sdk=*) vss_win32_sdk="$optarg"
+  ;;
+  --without-vss-sdk) vss_win32_sdk="no"
+  ;;
+  --with-win-sdk) win_sdk=""
+  ;;
+  --with-win-sdk=*) win_sdk="$optarg"
+  ;;
+  --without-win-sdk) win_sdk="no"
+  ;;
   --enable-tools) want_tools="yes"
   ;;
   --disable-tools) want_tools="no"
@@ -1168,6 +1183,8 @@ echo "  --disable-usb-redir      disable usb network redirection support"
 echo "  --enable-usb-redir       enable usb network redirection support"
 echo "  --disable-guest-agent    disable building of the QEMU Guest Agent"
 echo "  --enable-guest-agent     enable building of the QEMU Guest Agent"
+echo "  --with-vss-sdk=SDK-path  enable Windows VSS support in QEMU Guest Agent"
+echo "  --with-win-sdk=SDK-path  path to Windows Platform SDK (to build VSS .tlb)"
 echo "  --disable-seccomp        disable seccomp support"
 echo "  --enable-seccomp         enables seccomp support"
 echo "  --with-coroutine=BACKEND coroutine backend. Supported options:"
@@ -3131,6 +3148,61 @@ if test "$usb_redir" != "no" ; then
     fi
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# check if we have VSS SDK headers for win
+
+if test "$mingw32" = "yes" -a "$guest_agent" != "no" -a "$vss_win32_sdk" != "no" ; then
+  case "$vss_win32_sdk" in
+    "")   vss_win32_include="-I$source_path" ;;
+    *\ *) # The SDK is installed in "Program Files" by default, but we cannot
+          # handle path with spaces. So we symlink the headers into ".sdk/vss".
+          vss_win32_include="-I$source_path/.sdk/vss"
+	  symlink "$vss_win32_sdk/inc" "$source_path/.sdk/vss/inc"
+	  ;;
+    *)    vss_win32_include="-I$vss_win32_sdk"
+  esac
+  cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#define __MIDL_user_allocate_free_DEFINED__
+#include <inc/win2003/vss.h>
+int main(void) { return VSS_CTX_BACKUP; }
+EOF
+  if compile_prog "$vss_win32_include" "" ; then
+    guest_agent_with_vss="yes"
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $vss_win32_include"
+    libs_qga="-lole32 -loleaut32 -lshlwapi -luuid -lstdc++ -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup $libs_qga"
+  else
+    if test "$vss_win32_sdk" != "" ; then
+      echo "ERROR: Please download and install Microsoft VSS SDK:"
+      echo "ERROR:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23490"
+      echo "ERROR: On POSIX-systems, you can extract the SDK headers by:"
+      echo "ERROR:   scripts/extract-vsssdk-headers setup.exe"
+      echo "ERROR: The headers are extracted in the directory \`inc'."
+      feature_not_found "VSS support"
+    fi
+    guest_agent_with_vss="no"
+  fi
+fi
+
+##########################################
+# lookup Windows platform SDK (if not specified)
+# The SDK is needed only to build .tlb (type library) file of guest agent
+# VSS provider from the source. It is usually unnecessary because the
+# pre-compiled .tlb file is included.
+
+if test "$mingw32" = "yes" -a "$guest_agent" != "no" -a "$guest_agent_with_vss" = "yes" ; then
+  if test -z "$win_sdk"; then
+    programfiles="$PROGRAMFILES"
+    test -n "$PROGRAMW6432" && programfiles="$PROGRAMW6432"
+    if test -n "$programfiles"; then
+      win_sdk=$(ls -d "$programfiles/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v"* | tail -1) 2>/dev/null
+    else
+      feature_not_found "Windows SDK"
+    fi
+  elif test "$win_sdk" = "no"; then
+    win_sdk=""
+  fi
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 
 ##########################################
@@ -3568,6 +3640,7 @@ echo "Manual directory  `eval echo $mandir`"
 echo "ELF interp prefix $interp_prefix"
 else
 echo "local state directory   queried at runtime"
+echo "Windows SDK       $win_sdk"
 fi
 echo "Source path       $source_path"
 echo "C compiler        $cc"
@@ -3654,6 +3727,7 @@ echo "usb net redir     $usb_redir"
 echo "GLX support       $glx"
 echo "libiscsi support  $libiscsi"
 echo "build guest agent $guest_agent"
+echo "QGA VSS support   $guest_agent_with_vss"
 echo "seccomp support   $seccomp"
 echo "coroutine backend $coroutine"
 echo "GlusterFS support $glusterfs"
@@ -3728,6 +3802,10 @@ if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   version_micro=0
   echo "CONFIG_FILEVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "CONFIG_PRODUCTVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
+  if test "$guest_agent_with_vss" = "yes" ; then
+    echo "CONFIG_QGA_VSS=y" >> $config_host_mak
+    echo "WIN_SDK=\"$win_sdk\"" >> $config_host_mak
+  fi
 else
   echo "CONFIG_POSIX=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi