diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb860801..0b430f07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Icon
 .Trashes
 .VolumeIcon.icns
 
+# Visual Studio
+.vs
+build-vc
+vcpkg
+
 # Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
 .AppleDB
 .AppleDesktop
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fffe0f7d..99e8cfe8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,12 +37,7 @@ include(LMDB)
 #
 # Discover Qt dependencies.
 #
-find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5LinguistTools REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Concurrent REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Svg REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt5Multimedia REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Widgets Network LinguistTools Concurrent Svg Multimedia REQUIRED)
 
 if (APPLE)
     find_package(Qt5MacExtras REQUIRED)
@@ -58,20 +53,23 @@ endif(Qt5Widgets_FOUND)
 #
 # Set up compiler flags.
 #
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER gcc)
+if (NOT MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER gcc)
+endif(NOT MSVC)
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 include(CompilerFlags)
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+if(NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE OR CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES))
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING
         "Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel."
         FORCE)
     message("Setting build type to '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'")
-else(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+else(NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE OR CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES))
     message("Build type set to '${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}'")
-endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+endif(NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE OR CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES))
 
 find_program(GIT git)
 if(GIT)
diff --git a/CMakeSettings.json b/CMakeSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c90f6655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Debug",
+      "generator": "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64",
+      "configurationType": "Debug",
+      "buildRoot": "${workspaceRoot}\\build-vc\\${name}",
+      "cmakeCommandArgs": "",
+      "variables": [
+        {
+          "name": "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE",
+          "value": "${workspaceRoot}\\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake" // <-- change vcpkg location here
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "Qt5_DIR",
+          "value": "C:\\Qt\\5.10.1\\msvc2017_64\\lib\\cmake\\Qt5" // <-- change qt location here
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Release",
+      "generator": "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64",
+      "configurationType": "Release",
+      "buildRoot": "${workspaceRoot}\\build-vc\\${name}",
+      "cmakeCommandArgs": "",
+      "variables": [
+        {
+          "name": "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE",
+          "value": "${workspaceRoot}\\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake" // <-- change vcpkg location here
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "Qt5_DIR",
+          "value": "C:\\Qt\\5.10.1\\msvc2017_64\\lib\\cmake\\Qt5" // <-- change qt location here
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+ ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c71b5ed6..fc6afab8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,25 @@ brew update
 brew install qt5 lmdb cmake llvm
 ```
 
+##### Windows
+
+1. Install Visual Studio 2017's "Desktop Development" and "Linux Development with C++"
+(for the CMake integration) workloads.
+
+2. Download the latest Qt for windows installer and install it somewhere.
+Make sure to install the `MSVC 2017 64-bit` toolset for at least Qt 5.9
+(lower versions does not support VS2017).
+
+3. Install lmdb and openssl with `vcpkg`. You can simply clone it into a subfolder
+of the root nheko source directory.
+
+```powershell
+git clone http:\\github.com\Microsoft\vcpkg
+cd vcpkg
+.\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
+.\vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows lmdb openssl
+```
+
 ### Building
 
 Clone the repo and run
@@ -161,6 +180,35 @@ in the project folder. This will output a binary to `result/bin/nheko`.
 
 You can also install nheko by running `nix-env -f . -i`
 
+#### Windows
+
+After installing all dependencies, you need to edit the `CMakeSettings.json` to
+be able to load and compile nheko within Visual Studio.
+
+You need to fill out the paths for the `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` and the `Qt5_DIR`.
+The toolchain file should point to the `vcpkg.cmake` and the Qt5 dir to the `lib\cmake\Qt5` dir.
+
+Examples for the paths are:
+ - `C:\\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake`
+ - `C:\\Qt\\5.10.1\\msvc2017_64\\lib\\cmake\\Qt5`
+
+Now right click into the root nheko source directory and choose `Open in Visual Studio`.
+You can choose the build type Release and Debug in the top toolbar. 
+After a successful CMake generation you can select the `nheko.exe` as the run target.
+Now choose `Build all` in the CMake menu or press `F7` to compile the executable.
+
+To be able to run the application the last step is to install the needed Qt dependencies next to the
+nheko binary.
+
+Start the "Qt x.xx.x 64-bit for Desktop (MSVC 2017)" command promt and run `windeployqt`.
+```cmd
+cd <path-to-nheko>\build-vc\Release\Release
+windeployqt nheko.exe
+```
+
+The final binary will be located inside `build-vc\Release\Release` for the Release build
+and `build-vc\Debug\Debug` for the Debug build.
+
 ### Contributing
 
 See [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)