diff --git a/app/src/main.c b/app/src/main.c
index 3334cbf9dd..b3d0f12e58 100644
--- a/app/src/main.c
+++ b/app/src/main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "util/str.h"
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_V4L2
 # include <libavdevice/avdevice.h>
 #endif
@@ -20,6 +24,17 @@
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #ifdef __WINDOWS__
+    int wargc;
+    wchar_t **wargv = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(), &wargc);
+
+    if (argc != wargc) {
+        return SCRCPY_EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < wargc; ++i) {
+        argv[i] = sc_str_from_wchars(wargv[i]);
+    }
+
     // disable buffering, we want logs immediately
     // even line buffering (setvbuf() with mode _IOLBF) is not sufficient
     setbuf(stdout, NULL);