diff --git a/agent/agent.h b/agent/agent.h
index 30f30200d..ee5c67568 100644
--- a/agent/agent.h
+++ b/agent/agent.h
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ gpg_error_t ssh_search_control_file (ssh_control_file_t cf,
                                      int *r_disabled,
                                      int *r_ttl, int *r_confirm);
 
+void start_command_handler_ssh_stream (ctrl_t ctrl, estream_t stream);
 void start_command_handler_ssh (ctrl_t, gnupg_fd_t);
 
 /*-- findkey.c --*/
diff --git a/agent/command-ssh.c b/agent/command-ssh.c
index ce2b5df9d..50622850c 100644
--- a/agent/command-ssh.c
+++ b/agent/command-ssh.c
@@ -3768,23 +3768,59 @@ get_client_info (gnupg_fd_t fd, struct peer_info_s *out)
 }
 
 
+/* Start serving client on STREAM.  */
+void
+start_command_handler_ssh_stream (ctrl_t ctrl, estream_t stream)
+{
+  gpg_error_t err;
+  int ret;
+
+  err = agent_copy_startup_env (ctrl);
+  if (err)
+    goto out;
+
+  /* We have to disable the estream buffering, because the estream
+     core doesn't know about secure memory.  */
+  ret = es_setvbuf (stream, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+  if (ret)
+    {
+      log_error ("failed to disable buffering on socket stream: %s\n",
+                 strerror (errno));
+      goto out;
+    }
+
+  /* Main processing loop. */
+  while ( !ssh_request_process (ctrl, stream) )
+    {
+      /* Check whether we have reached EOF before trying to read
+         another request.  */
+      int c;
+
+      c = es_fgetc (stream);
+      if (c == EOF)
+        break;
+      es_ungetc (c, stream);
+    }
+
+  /* Reset the daemon in case it has been used. */
+  agent_reset_daemon (ctrl);
+
+ out:
+  es_fclose (stream);
+}
+
+
 /* Start serving client on SOCK_CLIENT.  */
 void
 start_command_handler_ssh (ctrl_t ctrl, gnupg_fd_t sock_client)
 {
-  estream_t stream_sock = NULL;
-  gpg_error_t err;
-  int ret;
+  estream_t stream_sock;
   struct peer_info_s peer_info;
   es_syshd_t syshd;
 
   syshd.type = ES_SYSHD_SOCK;
   syshd.u.sock = sock_client;
 
-  err = agent_copy_startup_env (ctrl);
-  if (err)
-    goto out;
-
   get_client_info (sock_client, &peer_info);
   ctrl->client_pid = peer_info.pid;
   ctrl->client_uid = peer_info.uid;
@@ -3793,42 +3829,12 @@ start_command_handler_ssh (ctrl_t ctrl, gnupg_fd_t sock_client)
   stream_sock = es_sysopen (&syshd, "r+");
   if (!stream_sock)
     {
-      err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
       log_error (_("failed to create stream from socket: %s\n"),
-		 gpg_strerror (err));
-      goto out;
-    }
-  /* We have to disable the estream buffering, because the estream
-     core doesn't know about secure memory.  */
-  ret = es_setvbuf (stream_sock, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
-  if (ret)
-    {
-      err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
-      log_error ("failed to disable buffering "
-                 "on socket stream: %s\n", gpg_strerror (err));
-      goto out;
+                 strerror (errno));
+      return;
     }
 
-  /* Main processing loop. */
-  while ( !ssh_request_process (ctrl, stream_sock) )
-    {
-      /* Check whether we have reached EOF before trying to read
-	 another request.  */
-      int c;
-
-      c = es_fgetc (stream_sock);
-      if (c == EOF)
-        break;
-      es_ungetc (c, stream_sock);
-    }
-
-  /* Reset the daemon in case it has been used. */
-  agent_reset_daemon (ctrl);
-
-
- out:
-  if (stream_sock)
-    es_fclose (stream_sock);
+  start_command_handler_ssh_stream (ctrl, stream_sock);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/agent/gpg-agent.c b/agent/gpg-agent.c
index fad2a363e..412eb43e1 100644
--- a/agent/gpg-agent.c
+++ b/agent/gpg-agent.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values
   oSSHSupport,
   oSSHFingerprintDigest,
   oPuttySupport,
+  oWin32OpenSSHSupport,
   oDisableScdaemon,
   oDisableCheckOwnSocket,
   oS2KCount,
@@ -227,6 +228,13 @@ static gpgrt_opt_t opts[] = {
                 /* */           N_("enable putty support")
 #else
                 /* */           "@"
+#endif
+                ),
+  ARGPARSE_o_s (oWin32OpenSSHSupport, "enable-win32-openssh-support",
+#ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
+                /* */           N_("enable Win32-OpenSSH support")
+#else
+                /* */           "@"
 #endif
                 ),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oDisableExtendedKeyFormat, "disable-extended-key-format", "@"),
@@ -357,6 +365,10 @@ static int putty_support;
    value.  Putty currently (0.62) uses 8k, thus 16k should be enough
    for the foreseeable future.  */
 #define PUTTY_IPC_MAXLEN 16384
+
+/* Path to the pipe, which handles requests from Win32-OpenSSH.  */
+static const char *win32_openssh_support;
+#define W32_DEFAILT_AGENT_PIPE_NAME "\\\\.\\pipe\\openssh-ssh-agent"
 #endif /*HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
 
 /* The list of open file descriptors at startup.  Note that this list
@@ -1289,6 +1301,15 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 #        endif
           break;
 
+        case oWin32OpenSSHSupport:
+#        ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
+          if (pargs.r_type)
+            win32_openssh_support = pargs.r.ret_str;
+          else
+            win32_openssh_support = W32_DEFAILT_AGENT_PIPE_NAME;
+#        endif
+          break;
+
         case oExtraSocket:
           opt.extra_socket = 1;  /* (1 = points into argv)  */
           socket_name_extra = pargs.r.ret_str;
@@ -2756,6 +2777,99 @@ putty_message_thread (void *arg)
     log_info ("putty message loop thread stopped\n");
   return NULL;
 }
+
+#define BUFSIZE (5 * 1024)
+
+/* The thread handling Win32-OpenSSH requests through NamedPipe.  */
+static void *
+win32_openssh_thread (void *arg)
+{
+  HANDLE pipe;
+
+  (void)arg;
+
+  if (opt.verbose)
+    log_info ("Win32-OpenSSH thread started\n");
+
+  while (1)
+    {
+      ctrl_t ctrl = NULL;
+      estream_t ssh_stream = NULL;
+      es_syshd_t syshd;
+
+      npth_unprotect ();
+      pipe = CreateNamedPipeA (win32_openssh_support, PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX,
+                               (PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_READMODE_BYTE
+                                | PIPE_WAIT | PIPE_REJECT_REMOTE_CLIENTS),
+                               PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES,
+                               BUFSIZE, BUFSIZE, 0, NULL);
+
+      if (pipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        {
+          npth_protect ();
+          log_error ("cannot create pipe: %ld\n", GetLastError ());
+          break;
+        }
+
+      if (ConnectNamedPipe (pipe, NULL) == 0)
+        {
+          npth_protect ();
+          CloseHandle (pipe);
+          log_error ("Error at ConnectNamedPipe: %ld\n", GetLastError ());
+          break;
+        }
+
+      npth_protect ();
+      ctrl = xtrycalloc (1, sizeof *ctrl);
+      if (!ctrl)
+        {
+          CloseHandle (pipe);
+          log_error ("error allocating connection control data: %s\n",
+                     strerror (errno));
+          break;
+        }
+
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x600
+      if (!GetNamedPipeClientProcessId (pipe, &ctrl->client_pid))
+        log_info ("failed to get client process id: %ld\n", GetLastError ());
+      else
+        ctrl->client_uid = -1;
+#endif
+
+      ctrl->session_env = session_env_new ();
+      if (!ctrl->session_env)
+        {
+          log_error ("error allocating session environment block: %s\n",
+                     strerror (errno));
+          agent_deinit_default_ctrl (ctrl);
+          xfree (ctrl);
+          CloseHandle (pipe);
+          break;
+        }
+      agent_init_default_ctrl (ctrl);
+
+      syshd.type = ES_SYSHD_HANDLE;
+      syshd.u.handle = pipe;
+      ssh_stream = es_sysopen (&syshd, "r+b");
+      if (!ssh_stream)
+        {
+          agent_deinit_default_ctrl (ctrl);
+          xfree (ctrl);
+          CloseHandle (pipe);
+          break;
+        }
+
+      start_command_handler_ssh_stream (ctrl, ssh_stream);
+
+      agent_deinit_default_ctrl (ctrl);
+      xfree (ctrl);
+      CloseHandle (pipe);
+    }
+
+  if (opt.verbose)
+    log_info ("Win32-OpenSSH thread stopped\n");
+  return NULL;
+}
 #endif /*HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
 
 
@@ -2948,9 +3062,16 @@ handle_connections (gnupg_fd_t listen_fd,
 
       ret = npth_create (&thread, &tattr, putty_message_thread, NULL);
       if (ret)
-        {
-          log_error ("error spawning putty message loop: %s\n", strerror (ret));
-        }
+        log_error ("error spawning putty message loop: %s\n", strerror (ret));
+    }
+
+  if (win32_openssh_support)
+    {
+      npth_t thread;
+
+      ret = npth_create (&thread, &tattr, win32_openssh_thread, NULL);
+      if (ret)
+        log_error ("error spawning Win32-OpenSSH loop: %s\n", strerror (ret));
     }
 #endif /*HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c57a7c2b7..cef00fe84 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ AC_INIT([mym4_package],[mym4_version],[https://bugs.gnupg.org])
 # build-aux/speedo.mk, build-aux/getswdb.sh, and Makefile.am
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUPG_SWDB_TAG, "gnupg24", [swdb tag for this branch])
 
-NEED_GPGRT_VERSION=1.41
+NEED_GPGRT_VERSION=1.46
 
 NEED_LIBGCRYPT_API=1
 NEED_LIBGCRYPT_VERSION=1.9.1