diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index 6f0c744cedf..f7bf47e506e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static Map<String, String> markerLabels() {
 
     private String activeApiVersion;
 
+    private boolean runningWindowsContainers;
+
     @Getter(lazy = true)
     private final boolean fileMountingSupported = checkMountableFile();
 
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ public void close() {
         Version version = client.versionCmd().exec();
         log.debug("Docker version: {}", version.getRawValues());
         activeApiVersion = version.getApiVersion();
+        String osType = dockerInfo.getOsType();
+        runningWindowsContainers = StringUtils.isNotBlank(osType) && osType.equals("windows");
         log.info(
             "Connected to docker: \n" +
             "  Server Version: " +
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ public void close() {
             activeApiVersion +
             "\n" +
             "  Operating System: " +
-            dockerInfo.getOperatingSystem() +
+            dockerInfo.getOperatingSystem() + (runningWindowsContainers ? " (WCOW)" : "") +
             "\n" +
             "  Total Memory: " +
             dockerInfo.getMemTotal() /
@@ -370,6 +374,14 @@ public String getActiveApiVersion() {
         return activeApiVersion;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return whether the daemon is running Windows containers
+     */
+    public boolean isRunningWindowsContainers() {
+        client();
+        return runningWindowsContainers;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the docker execution driver of the daemon that we have connected to
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
index 557e8ba6cdf..99057e527d6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ public boolean allowUserOverrides() {
     }
 
     /**
-   /* @return the path under which the Docker unix socket is reachable relative to the Docker daemon
-    */
+     * @return the path under which the Docker unix socket is reachable relative to the Docker daemon
+     */
     public String getRemoteDockerUnixSocketPath() {
         return null;
     }
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ private static boolean tryOutStrategy(List<String> configurationFailures, Docker
             String osType = strategy.getInfo().getOsType();
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(osType)) {
                 log.warn("Could not determine Docker OS type");
-            } else if (!osType.equals("linux")) {
+            } else if (!osType.equals("linux") && !osType.equals("windows")) {
                 log.warn("{} is currently not supported", osType);
                 throw new InvalidConfigurationException(osType + " containers are currently not supported");
             }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukContainer.java
index 01c68f4b8a3..9fda47b15c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukContainer.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 class RyukContainer extends GenericContainer<RyukContainer> {
 
-    RyukContainer() {
-        super("testcontainers/ryuk:0.6.0");
+    RyukContainer(boolean runningWindowsContainers) {
+        super("testcontainers/ryuk:0.7.0");
         withExposedPorts(8080);
         withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> {
             cmd.withName("testcontainers-ryuk-" + DockerClientFactory.SESSION_ID);
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ class RyukContainer extends GenericContainer<RyukContainer> {
                 cmd
                     .getHostConfig()
                     .withAutoRemove(true)
-                    .withPrivileged(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().isRyukPrivileged())
+                    .withPrivileged(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().isRyukPrivileged()
+                        && !runningWindowsContainers)
                     .withBinds(
-                        new Bind(
+                        runningWindowsContainers
+                            ? new Bind(
+                            "//./pipe/docker_engine",
+                            new Volume("//./pipe/docker_engine")
+                        )
+                            : new Bind(
                             DockerClientFactory.instance().getRemoteDockerUnixSocketPath(),
                             new Volume("/var/run/docker.sock")
                         )
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukResourceReaper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukResourceReaper.java
index 7e1b7802fb0..52949d6b8ba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukResourceReaper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/RyukResourceReaper.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class RyukResourceReaper extends ResourceReaper {
 
     private final AtomicBoolean started = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
-    private final RyukContainer ryukContainer = new RyukContainer();
+    private final RyukContainer ryukContainer = new RyukContainer(DockerClientFactory.instance().isRunningWindowsContainers());
 
     @Override
     public void init() {