diff --git a/common/idle.c b/common/idle.c
index 881905908..881d488d4 100644
--- a/common/idle.c
+++ b/common/idle.c
@@ -16,26 +16,51 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
 */
 
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/Xutil.h>
-#include <X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h>
-#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
-#include <python2.3/Python.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+	#include <X11/Xutil.h>
+	#include <X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h>
+	#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
+	#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#else
+	#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500
+	#include <windows.h>
+	#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	typedef BOOL (WINAPI *GETLASTINPUTINFO)(LASTINPUTINFO *);
+	static HMODULE g_user32 = NULL;
+	static GETLASTINPUTINFO g_GetLastInputInfo = NULL;
+#endif
 
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
 static PyObject * idle_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	gtk_init (NULL, NULL);
+#else
+	g_user32 = LoadLibrary("user32.dll");
+	if (g_user32) {
+		g_GetLastInputInfo = (GETLASTINPUTINFO)GetProcAddress(g_user32, "GetLastInputInfo");
+	}
+#endif
 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 	return Py_None;
 }
 
 static PyObject * idle_getIdleSec(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	static XScreenSaverInfo *mit_info = NULL;
 	int idle_time, event_base, error_base;
+#else
+	int idle_time = 0;
+#endif
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	gtk_init (NULL, NULL);
 	if (XScreenSaverQueryExtension(GDK_DISPLAY(), &event_base, &error_base))
 	{
@@ -46,12 +71,28 @@ static PyObject * idle_getIdleSec(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	}
 	else
 		idle_time = 0;
+#else
+	if (g_GetLastInputInfo != NULL) {
+		LASTINPUTINFO lii;
+		memset(&lii, 0, sizeof(lii));
+		lii.cbSize = sizeof(lii);
+		if (g_GetLastInputInfo(&lii)) {
+			idle_time = lii.dwTime;
+		}
+		idle_time = (GetTickCount() - idle_time) / 1000;
+	}									
+#endif
 	return Py_BuildValue("i", idle_time);
 }
 
 static PyObject * idle_close(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	gtk_main_quit ();
+#else
+	if (g_user32 != NULL)
+		FreeLibrary(g_user32);
+#endif
 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 	return Py_None;
 }
diff --git a/common/setup.py b/common/setup.py
index 09ac52a90..11a665972 100644
--- a/common/setup.py
+++ b/common/setup.py
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@
 ##
 
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+import os
 
-module1 = Extension( 'idle',
-		     sources = ['idle.c'],
-#                     extra_compile_args = ['-W'],
-                     libraries = ['gtk-x11-2.0','gdk-x11-2.0','glib-2.0','X11','Xext','Xss','atk-1.0'],
-                     library_dirs = ['/usr/X11R6/lib'],
-                     include_dirs = ['/usr/include/gtk-2.0', '/usr/include/glib-2.0','/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include','/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include','/usr/include/pango-1.0','/usr/include/atk-1.0']
-		   )
+if os.name == 'posix':
+	module1 = Extension( 'idle',
+		sources = ['idle.c'],
+#               extra_compile_args = ['-W'],
+                libraries = ['gtk-x11-2.0','gdk-x11-2.0','glib-2.0','X11','Xext','Xss','atk-1.0'],
+                library_dirs = ['/usr/X11R6/lib'],
+                include_dirs = ['/usr/include/gtk-2.0', '/usr/include/glib-2.0','/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include','/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include','/usr/include/pango-1.0','/usr/include/atk-1.0']
+	)
+elif os.name == 'nt':
+	module1 = Extension( 'idle',
+		sources = ['idle.c'],
+#               extra_compile_args = ['-W'],
+	)
 
 setup (name = 'idle', version = '1.0', description = 'interface to X11/scrnserver.h', ext_modules = [module1])