diff --git a/std/dynamic_library.zig b/std/dynamic_library.zig
index ed190f7deb..10068e83a8 100644
--- a/std/dynamic_library.zig
+++ b/std/dynamic_library.zig
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-const std = @import("index.zig");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const Os = builtin.Os;
+const std = @import("std");
 const mem = std.mem;
 const elf = std.elf;
 const cstr = std.cstr;
 const linux = std.os.linux;
+const windows = std.os.windows;
 
-pub const DynLib = struct {
+pub const DynLib = switch (builtin.os) {
+    Os.linux => LinuxDynLib,
+    Os.windows => WindowsDynLib,
+    else => void,
+};
+
+pub const LinuxDynLib = struct {
     allocator: *mem.Allocator,
     elf_lib: ElfLib,
     fd: i32,
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@ pub const ElfLib = struct {
             }
         }
 
-        return ElfLib{
+        return ElfLib {
             .base = base,
             .strings = maybe_strings orelse return error.ElfStringSectionNotFound,
             .syms = maybe_syms orelse return error.ElfSymSectionNotFound,
@@ -154,3 +163,27 @@ fn checkver(def_arg: *elf.Verdef, vsym_arg: i32, vername: []const u8, strings: [
     const aux = @intToPtr(*elf.Verdaux, @ptrToInt(def) + def.vd_aux);
     return mem.eql(u8, vername, cstr.toSliceConst(strings + aux.vda_name));
 }
+
+pub const WindowsDynLib = struct {
+    allocator: *mem.Allocator,
+    dll: windows.HMODULE,
+
+    pub fn open(allocator: *mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !WindowsDynLib {
+        const wpath = try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeWithNull(allocator, path);
+        defer allocator.free(wpath);
+        
+        return WindowsDynLib {
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .dll = windows.LoadLibraryW(wpath[0..].ptr) orelse return error.FileNotFound
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(self: *WindowsDynLib) void {
+        _ = windows.FreeLibrary(self.dll);
+        self.* = undefined;
+    }
+
+    pub fn lookup(self: *WindowsDynLib, name: []const u8) ?usize {
+        return @ptrToInt(windows.GetProcAddress(self.dll, name.ptr));
+    }
+};
diff --git a/std/os/windows/index.zig b/std/os/windows/index.zig
index fc64db7c37..9d03cf6625 100644
--- a/std/os/windows/index.zig
+++ b/std/os/windows/index.zig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub const HANDLE = *c_void;
 pub const HCRYPTPROV = ULONG_PTR;
 pub const HINSTANCE = *@OpaqueType();
 pub const HMODULE = *@OpaqueType();
+pub const FARPROC = *@OpaqueType();
 pub const INT = c_int;
 pub const LPBYTE = *BYTE;
 pub const LPCH = *CHAR;
diff --git a/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig b/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
index 94b339fa6e..9fbd22b66a 100644
--- a/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
+++ b/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CancelIoEx(hFile: HANDLE, lpOverlapped: LPOVE
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CloseHandle(hObject: HANDLE) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateDirectoryW(lpPathName: [*]const u16, lpSecurityAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateDirectoryW(lpPathName: LPCWSTR, lpSecurityAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateFileW(
-    lpFileName: [*]const u16, // TODO null terminated pointer type
+    lpFileName: LPCWSTR, // TODO null terminated pointer type
     dwDesiredAccess: DWORD,
     dwShareMode: DWORD,
     lpSecurityAttributes: ?LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateProcessW(
     lpProcessInformation: *PROCESS_INFORMATION,
 ) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateSymbolicLinkW(lpSymlinkFileName: [*]const u16, lpTargetFileName: [*]const u16, dwFlags: DWORD) BOOLEAN;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateSymbolicLinkW(lpSymlinkFileName: LPCWSTR, lpTargetFileName: LPCWSTR, dwFlags: DWORD) BOOLEAN;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateIoCompletionPort(FileHandle: HANDLE, ExistingCompletionPort: ?HANDLE, CompletionKey: ULONG_PTR, NumberOfConcurrentThreads: DWORD) ?HANDLE;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn CreateThread(lpThreadAttributes: ?LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, dwStackSize: SIZE_T, lpStartAddress: LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE, lpParameter: ?LPVOID, dwCreationFlags: DWORD, lpThreadId: ?LPDWORD) ?HANDLE;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn DeleteFileW(lpFileName: [*]const u16) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn DeleteFileW(lpFileName: LPCWSTR) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn ExitProcess(exit_code: UINT) noreturn;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FindFirstFileW(lpFileName: [*]const u16, lpFindFileData: *WIN32_FIND_DATAW) HANDLE;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FindFirstFileW(lpFileName: LPCWSTR, lpFindFileData: *WIN32_FIND_DATAW) HANDLE;
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FindClose(hFindFile: HANDLE) BOOL;
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FindNextFileW(hFindFile: HANDLE, lpFindFileData: *WIN32_FIND_DATAW) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FreeEnvironmentStringsA(penv: [*]u8) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FreeEnvironmentStringsA(penv: LPSTR) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetCommandLineA() LPSTR;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetCurrentDirectoryW(nBufferLength: DWORD, lp
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetCurrentThread() HANDLE;
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetCurrentThreadId() DWORD;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetEnvironmentStringsA() ?[*]u8;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetEnvironmentStringsA() ?LPSTR;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetEnvironmentVariableA(lpName: LPCSTR, lpBuffer: LPSTR, nSize: DWORD) DWORD;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetFileSizeEx(hFile: HANDLE, lpFileSize: *LAR
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetFileAttributesW(lpFileName: [*]const WCHAR) DWORD;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetModuleFileNameW(hModule: ?HMODULE, lpFilename: [*]u16, nSize: DWORD) DWORD;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetModuleFileNameW(hModule: ?HMODULE, lpFilename: LPWSTR, nSize: DWORD) DWORD;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetModuleHandleW(lpModuleName: ?[*]const WCHAR) HMODULE;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetFileInformationByHandleEx(
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(
     hFile: HANDLE,
-    lpszFilePath: [*]u16,
+    lpszFilePath: LPWSTR,
     cchFilePath: DWORD,
     dwFlags: DWORD,
 ) DWORD;
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn HeapFree(hHeap: HANDLE, dwFlags: DWORD, lpMem
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn HeapValidate(hHeap: HANDLE, dwFlags: DWORD, lpMem: ?*const c_void) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn MoveFileExW(
-    lpExistingFileName: [*]const u16,
-    lpNewFileName: [*]const u16,
+    lpExistingFileName: LPCWSTR,
+    lpNewFileName: LPCWSTR,
     dwFlags: DWORD,
 ) BOOL;
 
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn ReadDirectoryChangesW(
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn ReadFile(
     in_hFile: HANDLE,
-    out_lpBuffer: [*]u8,
+    out_lpBuffer: LPSTR,
     in_nNumberOfBytesToRead: DWORD,
     out_lpNumberOfBytesRead: ?*DWORD,
     in_out_lpOverlapped: ?*OVERLAPPED,
 ) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn RemoveDirectoryW(lpPathName: [*]const u16) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn RemoveDirectoryW(lpPathName: LPCWSTR) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsoleOutput: HANDLE, wAttributes: WORD) BOOL;
 
@@ -168,15 +168,17 @@ pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn WaitForSingleObject(hHandle: HANDLE, dwMillis
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn WriteFile(
     in_hFile: HANDLE,
-    in_lpBuffer: [*]const u8,
+    in_lpBuffer: LPCSTR,
     in_nNumberOfBytesToWrite: DWORD,
     out_lpNumberOfBytesWritten: ?*DWORD,
     in_out_lpOverlapped: ?*OVERLAPPED,
 ) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn WriteFileEx(hFile: HANDLE, lpBuffer: [*]const u8, nNumberOfBytesToWrite: DWORD, lpOverlapped: LPOVERLAPPED, lpCompletionRoutine: LPOVERLAPPED_COMPLETION_ROUTINE) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn WriteFileEx(hFile: HANDLE, lpBuffer: LPCSTR, nNumberOfBytesToWrite: DWORD, lpOverlapped: LPOVERLAPPED, lpCompletionRoutine: LPOVERLAPPED_COMPLETION_ROUTINE) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn LoadLibraryW(lpLibFileName: [*]const u16) ?HMODULE;
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn LoadLibraryW(lpLibFileName: LPCWSTR) ?HMODULE;
+
+pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn GetProcAddress(hModule: HMODULE, lpProcName: LPCSTR) ?FARPROC;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" stdcallcc fn FreeLibrary(hModule: HMODULE) BOOL;