diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 12386512..3dbc33c3 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ libui_test_sources = [
 	'testing.c',
 ]
 
-if libui_OS == 'darwin'
+if libui_OS == 'windows'
+	libui_test_sources += ['testing_windows.c']
+elif libui_OS == 'darwin'
 	libui_test_sources += ['testing_darwin.c']
 else
 	libui_test_sources += ['testing_unix.c']
 endif
 
+libui_test_deps = []
 if libui_OS == 'windows'
 	libui_test_manifest = 'test.manifest'
 	if libui_mode == 'static'
@@ -22,12 +25,19 @@ if libui_OS == 'windows'
 			args: libui_manifest_args,
 			depend_files: [libui_test_manifest]),
 	]
+	if libui_mode != 'static'
+		libui_test_deps += [
+			# for QueryPerformanceCounter()/QueryPerformanceFrequency()
+			meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('kernel32',
+				required: true),
+		]
+	endif
 endif
 
 # TODO once we upgrade to 0.49.0, add pie: true
 # TODO once we upgrade to 0.50.0, add protocol: 'exitcode'
 libui_tester = executable('tester', libui_test_sources,
-	dependencies: libui_binary_deps,
+	dependencies: libui_binary_deps + libui_test_deps,
 	link_with: libui_libui,
 	gui_app: false,
 	install: false)
diff --git a/test/testing_windows.c b/test/testing_windows.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cce9803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testing_windows.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// 23 april 2019
+#define UNICODE
+#define _UNICODE
+#define STRICT
+#define STRICT_TYPED_ITEMIDS
+#define WINVER			0x0600
+#define _WIN32_WINNT		0x0600
+#define _WIN32_WINDOWS	0x0600
+#define _WIN32_IE			0x0700
+#define NTDDI_VERSION		0x06000000
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "testing.h"
+
+struct testingTimer {
+	LARGE_INTEGER start;
+	LARGE_INTEGER end;
+};
+
+testingTimer *testingNewTimer(void)
+{
+	testingTimer *t;
+
+	t = (testingTimer *) malloc(sizeof (testingTimer));
+	// TODO handle failure
+	memset(t, 0, sizeof (testingTimer));
+	return t;
+}
+
+void testingFreeTimer(testingTimer *t)
+{
+	free(t);
+}
+
+void testingTimerStart(testingTimer *t)
+{
+	QueryPerformanceCounter(&(t->start));
+}
+
+void testingTimerEnd(testingTimer *t)
+{
+	QueryPerformanceCounter(&(t->end));
+}
+
+int64_t testingTimerNsec(testingTimer *t)
+{
+	LARGE_INTEGER qpf;
+	int64_t c;
+	int64_t sec;
+	int64_t subsec;
+	double subsecf;
+
+	QueryPerformanceFrequency(&qpf);
+	c = t->end.QuadPart - t->start.QuadPart;
+
+	sec = c / qpf.QuadPart;
+	sec *= testingTimerNsecPerSec;
+
+	subsec = c % qpf.QuadPart;
+	subsecf = (double) subsec;
+	subsecf /= qpf.QuadPart;
+	subsecf *= testingTimerNsecPerSec;
+	subsec = (int64_t) subsecf;
+
+	return sec + subsec;
+}