diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5684d12..1501fca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(x11,
   [  --enable-x11            X11 support (autodetected)])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h endian.h)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsnprintf getenv putenv strcasecmp usleep Sleep)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsnprintf getenv putenv strcasecmp usleep Sleep gettimeofday)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m, sin, MATH_LIBS="${MATH_LIBS} -lm")
 
 CACA_DRIVERS="" 
diff --git a/src/caca.c b/src/caca.c
index 56fa424..414fc7c 100644
--- a/src/caca.c
+++ b/src/caca.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 #if defined(USE_X11)
 #   include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #endif
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+#   include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -156,7 +159,19 @@ int caca_init(void)
     else
 #endif
 #if defined(USE_X11)
-    /* Nothing to do */
+    if(_caca_driver == CACA_DRIVER_X11)
+    {
+        /* Nothing to do */
+    }
+    else
+#endif
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+    if(_caca_driver == CACA_DRIVER_WIN32)
+    {
+        /* Nothing to do */
+        printf("initialising win32 driver\n");
+    }
+    else
 #endif
     {
         /* Dummy */
@@ -372,6 +387,13 @@ void caca_end(void)
         /* Nothing to do */
     }
     else
+#endif
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+    if(_caca_driver == CACA_DRIVER_WIN32)
+    {
+        /* Nothing to do */
+    }
+    else
 #endif
     {
         /* Dummy */
@@ -390,6 +412,11 @@ static void caca_init_driver(void)
     /* If the environment variable was set, use it */
     if(var && *var)
     {
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+        if(!strcasecmp(var, "win32"))
+            _caca_driver = CACA_DRIVER_WIN32;
+        else
+#endif
 #if defined(USE_CONIO)
         if(!strcasecmp(var, "conio"))
             _caca_driver = CACA_DRIVER_CONIO;
@@ -416,6 +443,10 @@ static void caca_init_driver(void)
     }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+    _caca_driver = CACA_DRIVER_WIN32;
+    return;
+#endif
 #if defined(USE_CONIO)
     _caca_driver = CACA_DRIVER_CONIO;
     return;
@@ -487,8 +518,10 @@ static void caca_init_features(void)
 
 static void caca_init_terminal(void)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_GETENV) && defined(HAVE_PUTENV)
+#if defined(HAVE_GETENV) && defined(HAVE_PUTENV) && \
+     (defined(USE_SLANG) || defined(USE_NCURSES))
     char *term, *colorterm, *other;
+#endif
 
 #if defined(USE_SLANG)
     if(_caca_driver != CACA_DRIVER_SLANG)
@@ -498,6 +531,8 @@ static void caca_init_terminal(void)
 #endif
     return;
 
+#if defined(HAVE_GETENV) && defined(HAVE_PUTENV) && \
+     (defined(USE_SLANG) || defined(USE_NCURSES))
     term = getenv("TERM");
     colorterm = getenv("COLORTERM");
 
diff --git a/src/caca_internals.h b/src/caca_internals.h
index 4d49777..5bd9e06 100644
--- a/src/caca_internals.h
+++ b/src/caca_internals.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ enum caca_driver
 #endif
 #if defined(USE_X11)
     CACA_DRIVER_X11 = 4,
+#endif
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+    CACA_DRIVER_WIN32 = 5,
 #endif
     CACA_DRIVER_NONE = 0
 };
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ extern int _caca_init_bitmap(void);
 extern int _caca_end_bitmap(void);
 
 /* Timer functions */
+extern void _caca_sleep(unsigned int);
 extern unsigned int _caca_getticks(struct caca_timer *);
 
 /* Cached screen size */
diff --git a/src/graphics.c b/src/graphics.c
index dba8700..c4ab587 100644
--- a/src/graphics.c
+++ b/src/graphics.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
 #include <stdio.h> /* BUFSIZ */
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include "caca.h"
@@ -935,13 +934,7 @@ void caca_refresh(void)
         ticks + IDLE_USEC < (int)_caca_delay;
         ticks += _caca_getticks(&timer))
     {
-#if defined(HAVE_USLEEP)
-        usleep(IDLE_USEC);
-#elif defined(HAVE_SLEEP)
-        Sleep(IDLE_USEC / 1000);
-#else
-        SLEEP
-#endif
+        _caca_sleep(IDLE_USEC);
     }
 
     /* Update the sliding mean of the render time */
diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index 3ef068c..a26c07d 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
 #   include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #   include <X11/keysym.h>
 #endif
-
-#include <unistd.h>
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+#   include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "caca.h"
 #include "caca_internals.h"
@@ -121,13 +122,7 @@ unsigned int caca_wait_event(unsigned int event_mask)
         if(event & event_mask)
             return event;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_USLEEP)
-        usleep(10000);
-#elif defined(HAVE_SLEEP)
-        Sleep(10);
-#else
-        SLEEP
-#endif
+        _caca_sleep(10000);
     }
 }
 
@@ -541,6 +536,13 @@ static unsigned int _lowlevel_event(void)
         return CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS | event;
     }
     else
+#endif
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+    if(_caca_driver == CACA_DRIVER_WIN32)
+    {
+        return CACA_EVENT_NONE;
+    }
+    else
 #endif
     {
         /* Dummy */
diff --git a/src/time.c b/src/time.c
index 555db74..ec147a3 100644
--- a/src/time.c
+++ b/src/time.c
@@ -33,32 +33,69 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#if defined(USE_WIN32)
+#   include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include "caca.h"
 #include "caca_internals.h"
 
+void _caca_sleep(unsigned int usec)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_USLEEP)
+        usleep(usec);
+#elif defined(HAVE_SLEEP)
+        Sleep(usec / 1000);
+#else
+        SLEEP
+#endif
+}
+
 unsigned int _caca_getticks(struct caca_timer *timer)
 {
+#if defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
     struct timeval tv;
+#elif defined(USE_WIN32)
+    static long long int freq = -1LL;
+    long long int usec;
+#endif
     unsigned int ticks = 0;
+    int new_sec, new_usec;
 
+#if defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    new_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+    new_usec = tv.tv_usec;
+#elif defined(USE_WIN32)
+    if(freq == -1LL)
+    {
+        if(!QueryPerformanceFrequency((LARGE_INTEGER *)&freq))
+            freq = 0;
+    }
+
+    QueryPerformanceCounter((LARGE_INTEGER *)&usec);
+    new_sec = usec / freq;
+    new_usec = usec % freq;
+#endif
 
     if(timer->last_sec != 0)
     {
         /* If the delay was greater than 60 seconds, return 10 seconds
          * otherwise we may overflow our ticks counter. */
-        if(tv.tv_sec >= timer->last_sec + 60)
+        if(new_sec >= timer->last_sec + 60)
             ticks = 60 * 1000000;
         else
         {
-            ticks = (tv.tv_sec - timer->last_sec) * 1000000;
-            ticks += tv.tv_usec;
+            ticks = (new_sec - timer->last_sec) * 1000000;
+            ticks += new_usec;
             ticks -= timer->last_usec;
         }
     }
 
-    timer->last_sec = tv.tv_sec;
-    timer->last_usec = tv.tv_usec;
+    timer->last_sec = new_sec;
+    timer->last_usec = new_usec;
 
     return ticks;
 }
diff --git a/test/event.c b/test/event.c
index 4022bad..3707c8b 100644
--- a/test/event.c
+++ b/test/event.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "caca.h"