diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The cluster definition file enables you to customize your Docker enabled cluster
 
 Follow the [developers guide](docs/developers.md) to set up your environment.
 
-To build acs-engine, run `make build`. If you are developing with a working [Docker environment](https://docs.docker.com/engine), you can also run `make dev` first to start a Docker container and run `make build` inside the container.
+To build acs-engine, run `make build`. If you are developing with a working [Docker environment](https://docs.docker.com/engine), you can also run `make dev` (or `makedev.ps1` on Windows) first to start a Docker container and run `make build` inside the container.
 
 Please follow these instructions before submitting a PR:
 
diff --git a/makedev.ps1 b/makedev.ps1
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+$REPO_PATH = "github.com/Azure/acs-engine"
+$DEV_ENV_IMAGE = "quay.io/deis/go-dev:v1.10.0"
+$DEV_ENV_WORK_DIR = "/go/src/$REPO_PATH"
+
+docker.exe run -it --rm -w $DEV_ENV_WORK_DIR -v `"$($PWD)`":$DEV_ENV_WORK_DIR $DEV_ENV_IMAGE bash
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