diff --git a/src/daemon/cmdline.c b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
index 4854aff..25a9414 100644
--- a/src/daemon/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ void pa_cmdline_help(const char *argv0) {
            "                                        this time passed\n"
            "      --log-level[=LEVEL]               Increase or set verbosity level\n"
            "  -v                                    Increase the verbosity level\n"
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+           "      --log-target={auto,windbg,stderr,file:PATH}\n"
+#else
            "      --log-target={auto,syslog,stderr,file:PATH}\n"
+#endif
            "                                        Specify the log target\n"
            "      --log-meta[=BOOL]                 Include code location in log messages\n"
            "      --log-time[=BOOL]                 Include timestamps in log messages\n"
@@ -319,7 +323,11 @@ int pa_cmdline_parse(pa_daemon_conf *conf, int argc, char *const argv [], int *d
 
             case ARG_LOG_TARGET:
                 if (pa_daemon_conf_set_log_target(conf, optarg) < 0) {
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+                    pa_log(_("Invalid log target: use either 'windbg', 'stderr' or 'auto' or a valid file name 'file:<path>'."));
+#else
                     pa_log(_("Invalid log target: use either 'syslog', 'stderr' or 'auto' or a valid file name 'file:<path>'."));
+#endif
                     goto fail;
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
index 67b772a..fca82bb 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
@@ -179,11 +179,17 @@ int pa_daemon_conf_set_log_target(pa_daemon_conf *c, const char *string) {
     pa_assert(c);
     pa_assert(string);
 
-    if (!strcmp(string, "auto"))
+    if (!strcmp(string, "auto")) {
         c->auto_log_target = 1;
-    else if (!strcmp(string, "syslog")) {
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+    } else if (!strcmp(string, "windbg")) {
+        c->auto_log_target = 0;
+        c->log_target = PA_LOG_WINDBG;
+#else
+    } else if (!strcmp(string, "syslog")) {
         c->auto_log_target = 0;
         c->log_target = PA_LOG_SYSLOG;
+#endif
     } else if (!strcmp(string, "stderr")) {
         c->auto_log_target = 0;
         c->log_target = PA_LOG_STDERR;
diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index 5316656..8ba03b4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -811,8 +811,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         daemon_pipe[0] = -1;
 #endif
 
-        if (conf->auto_log_target)
+        if (conf->auto_log_target) {
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+            pa_log_set_target(PA_LOG_WINDBG);
+#else
             pa_log_set_target(PA_LOG_SYSLOG);
+#endif
+        }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETSID
         if (setsid() < 0) {
diff --git a/src/pulse/client-conf.c b/src/pulse/client-conf.c
index 18fafe3..1bb9829 100644
--- a/src/pulse/client-conf.c
+++ b/src/pulse/client-conf.c
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ pa_client_conf *pa_client_conf_new(void) {
     pa_client_conf *c = pa_xmemdup(&default_conf, sizeof(default_conf));
 
     c->daemon_binary = pa_xstrdup(PA_BINARY);
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+    c->extra_arguments = pa_xstrdup("--log-target=windbg");
+#else
     c->extra_arguments = pa_xstrdup("--log-target=syslog");
+#endif
     c->cookie_file = pa_xstrdup(PA_NATIVE_COOKIE_FILE);
 
     return c;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.c b/src/pulsecore/log.c
index b12cbf0..caa4774 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.c
@@ -426,6 +426,22 @@ void pa_log_levelv_meta(
 
                 break;
             }
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+            case PA_LOG_WINDBG: {
+                char *local_t;
+                char *line;
+                /* We shouldn't be using dynamic allocation here to
+                 * minimize the hit in RT threads */
+                if ((local_t = pa_utf8_to_locale(t)))
+                    t = local_t;
+                /* No timestamp, as windows debug buffer facility already provides one */
+                line = pa_sprintf_malloc("%c %s %s", level_to_char[level], location, t);
+                OutputDebugStringA(line);
+                pa_xfree(line);
+                pa_xfree(local_t);
+                break;
+            }
+#endif
             case PA_LOG_NULL:
             default:
                 break;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.h b/src/pulsecore/log.h
index ad04e7b..e209ec5 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ typedef enum pa_log_target {
     PA_LOG_SYSLOG,
     PA_LOG_NULL,    /* to /dev/null */
     PA_LOG_FD,      /* to a file descriptor, e.g. a char device */
+    PA_LOG_WINDBG,  /* log to windows debug buffer */
     PA_LOG_TARGET_MAX
 } pa_log_target_t;