diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 26c7bc5154..789a4f6cc9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ smbd="$SMBD"
 strip="${STRIP-${cross_prefix}strip}"
 widl="${WIDL-${cross_prefix}widl}"
 windres="${WINDRES-${cross_prefix}windres}"
+windmc="${WINDMC-${cross_prefix}windmc}"
 pkg_config_exe="${PKG_CONFIG-${cross_prefix}pkg-config}"
 query_pkg_config() {
     "${pkg_config_exe}" ${QEMU_PKG_CONFIG_FLAGS} "$@"
@@ -2561,6 +2562,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
   echo "strip = [$(meson_quote $strip)]" >> $cross
   echo "widl = [$(meson_quote $widl)]" >> $cross
   echo "windres = [$(meson_quote $windres)]" >> $cross
+  echo "windmc = [$(meson_quote $windmc)]" >> $cross
   if test "$cross_compile" = "yes"; then
     cross_arg="--cross-file config-meson.cross"
     echo "[host_machine]" >> $cross
@@ -2667,6 +2669,7 @@ preserve_env SMBD
 preserve_env STRIP
 preserve_env WIDL
 preserve_env WINDRES
+preserve_env WINDMC
 
 printf "exec" >>config.status
 for i in "$0" "$@"; do
diff --git a/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs b/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
index 813d1c6ca6..e344c38e74 100644
--- a/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
+++ b/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@
               <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ProductID" Value="fb0a0d66-c7fb-4e2e-a16b-c4a3bfe8d13b" />
               <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Version" Value="$(var.QEMU_GA_VERSION)" />
             </RegistryKey>
+            <RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
+                         Key="System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\qemu-ga">
+              <RegistryValue Type="integer" Name="TypesSupported" Value="7" />
+              <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="EventMessageFile" Value="[qemu_ga_directory]qemu-ga.exe" />
+            </RegistryKey>
           </Component>
         </Directory>
       </Directory>
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index 0865c992f0..1463a1c170 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct GAState {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     GAService service;
     HANDLE wakeup_event;
+    HANDLE event_log;
 #endif
     bool delimit_response;
     bool frozen;
@@ -324,13 +325,14 @@ static void ga_log(const gchar *domain, GLogLevelFlags level,
     }
 
     level &= G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK;
-#ifndef _WIN32
     if (g_strcmp0(domain, "syslog") == 0) {
+#ifndef _WIN32
         syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s: %s", level_str, msg);
-    } else if (level & s->log_level) {
 #else
-    if (level & s->log_level) {
+        ReportEvent(s->event_log, EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
+                    0, 1, NULL, 1, 0, &msg, NULL);
 #endif
+    } else if (level & s->log_level) {
         g_autoptr(GDateTime) now = g_date_time_new_now_utc();
         g_autofree char *nowstr = g_date_time_format(now, "%s.%f");
         fprintf(s->log_file, "%s: %s: %s\n", nowstr, level_str, msg);
@@ -1286,6 +1288,13 @@ static GAState *initialize_agent(GAConfig *config, int socket_activation)
     g_debug("Guest agent version %s started", QEMU_FULL_VERSION);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+    s->event_log = RegisterEventSource(NULL, "qemu-ga");
+    if (!s->event_log) {
+        g_autofree gchar *errmsg = g_win32_error_message(GetLastError());
+        g_critical("unable to register event source: %s", errmsg);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* On win32 the state directory is application specific (be it the default
      * or a user override). We got past the command line parsing; let's create
      * the directory (with any intermediate directories). If we run into an
@@ -1377,6 +1386,7 @@ static void cleanup_agent(GAState *s)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     CloseHandle(s->wakeup_event);
+    CloseHandle(s->event_log);
 #endif
     if (s->command_state) {
         ga_command_state_cleanup_all(s->command_state);
diff --git a/qga/meson.build b/qga/meson.build
index 3cfb9166e5..1ff159edc1 100644
--- a/qga/meson.build
+++ b/qga/meson.build
@@ -98,7 +98,24 @@ if targetos == 'windows'
   endif
 endif
 
-qga = executable('qemu-ga', qga_ss.sources(),
+qga_objs = []
+if targetos == 'windows'
+  windmc = find_program('windmc', required: true)
+  windres = find_program('windres', required: true)
+
+  msgrc = custom_target('messages-win32.rc',
+                        input: 'messages-win32.mc',
+                        output: ['messages-win32.rc', 'MSG00409.bin', 'messages-win32.h'],
+                        command: [windmc, '-h', '@OUTDIR@', '-r', '@OUTDIR@', '@INPUT@'])
+  msgobj = custom_target('messages-win32.o',
+                         input: msgrc[0],
+                         output: 'messages-win32.o',
+                         command: [windres, '-I', '@OUTDIR@', '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'])
+
+  qga_objs = [msgobj]
+endif
+
+qga = executable('qemu-ga', qga_ss.sources() + qga_objs,
                  link_args: qga_libs,
                  dependencies: [qemuutil, libudev],
                  install: true)
diff --git a/qga/messages-win32.mc b/qga/messages-win32.mc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e21019cebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/messages-win32.mc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+LanguageNames=(
+    English=0x409:MSG00409
+)
+
+MessageId=1
+SymbolicName=QEMU_GA_EVENTLOG_GENERAL
+Language=English
+%1
+.