diff --git a/scripts/xdg-open.in b/scripts/xdg-open.in
index 4928538..8749f0b 100644
--- a/scripts/xdg-open.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-open.in
@@ -399,6 +399,36 @@ open_envvar()
     done
 }
 
+open_wsl()
+{
+    wsl_path_decode()
+    {
+        realpath="$(realpath "$1" 2> /dev/null)"
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -e "$realpath" ]; then
+            case "$realpath" in
+                /mnt/*)
+                    printf "%s" "$realpath" | sed -r 's|^/mnt/([^/]+)/?|\1:\\|;s|/|\\|g;s|\\\\|\\|g'
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    exit_failure_operation_failed file path conversion failure: file not accessible by Windows
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        else
+            # assume url
+            echo "$1"
+        fi
+    }
+    res="$(wsl_path_decode "$1")"
+    [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit_failure_operation_failed
+    powershell.exe start "${res}"
+
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        exit_success
+    else
+        exit_failure_operation_failed
+    fi
+}
+
 open_generic()
 {
     if is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then
@@ -568,6 +598,10 @@ case "$DE" in
     open_flatpak "$url"
     ;;
 
+    wsl)
+    open_wsl "$url"
+    ;;
+
     generic)
     open_generic "$url"
     ;;
diff --git a/scripts/xdg-utils-common.in b/scripts/xdg-utils-common.in
index b4333e2..c02da68 100644
--- a/scripts/xdg-utils-common.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-utils-common.in
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ detectDE()
         Darwin)
           DE=darwin;
           ;;
+        Linux)
+          grep -q Microsoft /proc/version > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+          which powershell.exe > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+          DE=wsl;
+          ;;
       esac
     fi