diff --git a/__tests__/app.test.js b/__tests__/app.test.js
index 4c4fc0f..b86b4b7 100644
--- a/__tests__/app.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/app.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-child-process */
 const TerminalLauncher = require('../index')
+const getTerminals = require('../lib/get-terminals')
+
 const opn = require('opn')
+const childProcess = require('child_process')
+
 jest.mock('opn')
 
 describe('Terminal Launcher', () => {
@@ -9,20 +14,81 @@ describe('Terminal Launcher', () => {
     }).toThrow()
   })
 
-  test('launching a terminal calls opn with the correct params', async () => {
-    const path = '/usr/local/bin/non-existent.sh'
+  describe('Linux', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+        value: 'linux'
+      })
+    })
+
+    test('launching a terminal calls opn with the correct params when running on linux', async () => {
+      const path = '/usr/local/bin/non-existent.sh'
+
+      await TerminalLauncher.launchTerminal({path})
+      expect(opn).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
-    await TerminalLauncher.launchTerminal({path})
-    expect(opn).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      const calledWithFirstArgument = opn.mock.calls[0][0]
+      expect(calledWithFirstArgument).toEqual(path)
+    })
 
-    const calledWithFirstArgument = opn.mock.calls[0][0]
-    expect(calledWithFirstArgument).toEqual(path)
+    describe('get-terminals returns array of functions', () => {
+      test('terminals are a list of functions', () => {
+        const terminals = getTerminals('mock.ext')
+        expect(Array.isArray(terminals)).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(terminals.length).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(typeof terminals[0] === 'function').toBeTruthy()
+      })
+    })
   })
 
-  test('terminals are a list of functions', () => {
-    const terminals = TerminalLauncher.getTerminals()
-    expect(Array.isArray(terminals)).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(terminals.length).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(typeof terminals[0] === 'function').toBeTruthy()
+  describe('Windows', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+        value: 'win32'
+      })
+
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'env', {
+        value: {
+          PATHEXT: '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC'
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      childProcess.exec = jest.fn(() => ({once: (type, c) => type === 'close' && c(0)}))
+    })
+
+    describe('launching a terminal calls child_process.exec with the correct command', () => {
+      test('for powershell scripts', async () => {
+        const path = 'C:\\script.ps1'
+        const expectedCommand = 'start powershell "C:\\script.ps1"'
+
+        await TerminalLauncher.launchTerminal({path})
+        expect(childProcess.exec).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+        const calledWithFirstArgument = childProcess.exec.mock.calls[0][0]
+        expect(calledWithFirstArgument).toEqual(expectedCommand)
+      })
+
+      test('for bat scripts', async () => {
+        const path = 'C:\\script.bat'
+        const expectedCommand = 'start cmd /c "C:\\script.bat"'
+
+        await TerminalLauncher.launchTerminal({path})
+        expect(childProcess.exec).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+        const calledWithFirstArgument = childProcess.exec.mock.calls[0][0]
+        expect(calledWithFirstArgument).toEqual(expectedCommand)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('get-terminals returns array of functions', () => {
+      test('terminals are a list of functions', () => {
+        const terminals = getTerminals('mock.ext')
+        expect(Array.isArray(terminals)).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(terminals.length).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(typeof terminals[0] === 'function').toBeTruthy()
+      })
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/lib/TerminalLauncher.js b/lib/TerminalLauncher.js
index a1b0365..ce73976 100644
--- a/lib/TerminalLauncher.js
+++ b/lib/TerminalLauncher.js
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
-const opn = require('opn')
+const getTerminals = require('./get-terminals')
 const debug = require('debug')('opn-shell')
 
-const terminalAppsInfo = [
-  // MacOS variations of terminal apps
-  'Hyper',
-  'iTerm',
-  'terminal.app',
-  // Linux variations of terminal apps
-  ['x-terminal-emulator', '-e'],
-  ['gnome-terminal', '-e'],
-  ['konsole', '-e'],
-  ['xterm', '-e'],
-  ['urxvt', '-e'],
-  [process.env.COLORTERM, '-e'],
-  [process.env.XTERM, '-e']
-]
-
 class TerminalLauncher {
   static launchTerminal({path} = {}) {
     if (!path) {
@@ -24,21 +9,13 @@ class TerminalLauncher {
     }
 
     debug('executing: %s', path)
-    const shellLauncher = TerminalLauncher.getTerminals(path).reduce((promise, nextPromise) => {
-      return promise.catch(nextPromise)
-    }, Promise.reject()) /* eslint prefer-promise-reject-errors: "off" */
 
-    return shellLauncher
-  }
+    const shellLauncher = getTerminals(path).reduce(
+      (promise, nextPromise) => promise.catch(nextPromise),
+      Promise.reject()
+    ) /* eslint prefer-promise-reject-errors: "off" */
 
-  static getTerminals(path) {
-    const terminalApps = terminalAppsInfo.map(appInfo => {
-      debug('adding terminal configuration: %s', appInfo.toString())
-      return () => opn(path, {app: appInfo})
-    })
-
-    terminalApps.push(() => opn(path))
-    return terminalApps
+    return shellLauncher
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/get-terminals-linux.js b/lib/get-terminals-linux.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f8baa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/get-terminals-linux.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const opn = require('opn')
+const debug = require('debug')('opn-shell')
+
+function getLinuxTerminalHandlers(path) {
+  const terminalApps = [
+    // MacOS variations of terminal apps
+    'Hyper',
+    'iTerm',
+    'terminal.app',
+    // Linux variations of terminal apps
+    ['x-terminal-emulator', '-e'],
+    ['gnome-terminal', '-e'],
+    ['konsole', '-e'],
+    ['xterm', '-e'],
+    ['urxvt', '-e'],
+    [process.env.COLORTERM, '-e'],
+    [process.env.XTERM, '-e']
+  ]
+
+  const handlers = terminalApps.map(appInfo => {
+    debug('adding terminal configuration: %s', appInfo.toString())
+    return () => opn(path, {app: appInfo})
+  })
+
+  handlers.push(() => opn(path))
+  return handlers
+}
+
+module.exports = getLinuxTerminalHandlers
diff --git a/lib/get-terminals-windows.js b/lib/get-terminals-windows.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a3c1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/get-terminals-windows.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-child-process */
+'use strict'
+
+const debug = require('debug')('opn-shell')
+const path = require('path')
+const childProcess = require('child_process')
+
+function getWindowsTerminalHandlers(scriptPath) {
+  const extension = path.extname(scriptPath).toLowerCase()
+  const logAddedTerminal = terminal => debug(`'adding terminal configuration: ${terminal}'`)
+
+  let command
+  if (getCmdSupportedExtensions().includes(extension)) {
+    command = `start cmd /c "${scriptPath}"`
+    logAddedTerminal('cmd')
+  } else {
+    command = `start powershell "${scriptPath}"`
+    logAddedTerminal('powershell')
+  }
+
+  const handler = () =>
+    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const cp = childProcess.exec(command)
+
+      cp.once('error', reject)
+      cp.once(
+        'close',
+        code => (code === 0 ? resolve(cp) : reject(new Error('Exited with code ' + code)))
+      )
+    })
+
+  return [handler]
+}
+
+function getCmdSupportedExtensions() {
+  // PATHEXT contains semicolon separated list of file extensions which are considered to be executable by Windows
+  // (runnable by cmd)
+  const extensions = process.env.PATHEXT.toLowerCase().split(';')
+  return extensions
+}
+
+module.exports = getWindowsTerminalHandlers
diff --git a/lib/get-terminals.js b/lib/get-terminals.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51d6910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/get-terminals.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict'
+
+function getTerminals(executablePath) {
+  const module = /^win/i.test(process.platform)
+    ? './get-terminals-windows'
+    : './get-terminals-linux'
+  return require(module)(executablePath)
+}
+
+module.exports = getTerminals