diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index b9440c8..a25ede8 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -1102,6 +1102,11 @@ function vm_boot() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
     args+=(-drive if=ide,index=0,media=disk,file="${disk_img}")
 
+  elif [ "${guest_os}" == "windows" ]; then
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
+  args+=(-device virtio-blk-pci,drive=SystemDisk
+        -drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,format=qcow2,discard=unmap,file="${disk_img}" ${STATUS_QUO})
+
   else
     # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
     args+=(-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0