diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
index 5f8f63f0988..6970f2b8983 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
@@ -313,6 +313,28 @@ To create more advanced customizations to your background tasks, see
 launchctl.plist(5) for more information.
 
 
+BACKGROUND MAINTENANCE ON WINDOWS SYSTEMS
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Windows does not support `cron` and instead has its own system for
+scheduling background tasks. The `git maintenance start` command uses
+the `schtasks` command to submit tasks to this system. You can inspect
+all background tasks using the Task Scheduler application. The tasks
+added by Git have names of the form `Git Maintenance (<frequency>)`.
+The Task Scheduler GUI has ways to inspect these tasks, but you can also
+export the tasks to XML files and view the details there.
+
+Note that since Git is a console application, these background tasks
+create a console window visible to the current user. This can be changed
+manually by selecting the "Run whether user is logged in or not" option
+in Task Scheduler. This change requires a password input, which is why
+`git maintenance start` does not select it by default.
+
+If you want to customize the background tasks, please rename the tasks
+so future calls to `git maintenance (start|stop)` do not overwrite your
+custom tasks.
+
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 782769f2438..7c989904671 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -1671,6 +1671,167 @@ static int launchctl_update_schedule(int run_maintenance, int fd, const char *cm
 		return launchctl_remove_plists(cmd);
 }
 
+static char *schtasks_task_name(const char *frequency)
+{
+	struct strbuf label = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_addf(&label, "Git Maintenance (%s)", frequency);
+	return strbuf_detach(&label, NULL);
+}
+
+static int schtasks_remove_task(enum schedule_priority schedule, const char *cmd)
+{
+	int result;
+	struct strvec args = STRVEC_INIT;
+	const char *frequency = get_frequency(schedule);
+	char *name = schtasks_task_name(frequency);
+
+	strvec_split(&args, cmd);
+	strvec_pushl(&args, "/delete", "/tn", name, "/f", NULL);
+
+	result = run_command_v_opt(args.v, 0);
+
+	strvec_clear(&args);
+	free(name);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int schtasks_remove_tasks(const char *cmd)
+{
+	return schtasks_remove_task(SCHEDULE_HOURLY, cmd) ||
+		schtasks_remove_task(SCHEDULE_DAILY, cmd) ||
+		schtasks_remove_task(SCHEDULE_WEEKLY, cmd);
+}
+
+static int schtasks_schedule_task(const char *exec_path, enum schedule_priority schedule, const char *cmd)
+{
+	int result;
+	struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	const char *xml;
+	struct tempfile *tfile;
+	const char *frequency = get_frequency(schedule);
+	char *name = schtasks_task_name(frequency);
+	struct strbuf tfilename = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&tfilename, "schedule_%s_XXXXXX", frequency);
+	tfile = xmks_tempfile(tfilename.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&tfilename);
+
+	if (!fdopen_tempfile(tfile, "w"))
+		die(_("failed to create temp xml file"));
+
+	xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"US-ASCII\"?>\n"
+	      "<Task version=\"1.4\" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task\">\n"
+	      "<Triggers>\n"
+	      "<CalendarTrigger>\n";
+	fputs(xml, tfile->fp);
+
+	switch (schedule) {
+	case SCHEDULE_HOURLY:
+		fprintf(tfile->fp,
+			"<StartBoundary>2020-01-01T01:00:00</StartBoundary>\n"
+			"<Enabled>true</Enabled>\n"
+			"<ScheduleByDay>\n"
+			"<DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>\n"
+			"</ScheduleByDay>\n"
+			"<Repetition>\n"
+			"<Interval>PT1H</Interval>\n"
+			"<Duration>PT23H</Duration>\n"
+			"<StopAtDurationEnd>false</StopAtDurationEnd>\n"
+			"</Repetition>\n");
+		break;
+
+	case SCHEDULE_DAILY:
+		fprintf(tfile->fp,
+			"<StartBoundary>2020-01-01T00:00:00</StartBoundary>\n"
+			"<Enabled>true</Enabled>\n"
+			"<ScheduleByWeek>\n"
+			"<DaysOfWeek>\n"
+			"<Monday />\n"
+			"<Tuesday />\n"
+			"<Wednesday />\n"
+			"<Thursday />\n"
+			"<Friday />\n"
+			"<Saturday />\n"
+			"</DaysOfWeek>\n"
+			"<WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>\n"
+			"</ScheduleByWeek>\n");
+		break;
+
+	case SCHEDULE_WEEKLY:
+		fprintf(tfile->fp,
+			"<StartBoundary>2020-01-01T00:00:00</StartBoundary>\n"
+			"<Enabled>true</Enabled>\n"
+			"<ScheduleByWeek>\n"
+			"<DaysOfWeek>\n"
+			"<Sunday />\n"
+			"</DaysOfWeek>\n"
+			"<WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>\n"
+			"</ScheduleByWeek>\n");
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	xml = "</CalendarTrigger>\n"
+	      "</Triggers>\n"
+	      "<Principals>\n"
+	      "<Principal id=\"Author\">\n"
+	      "<LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType>\n"
+	      "<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>\n"
+	      "</Principal>\n"
+	      "</Principals>\n"
+	      "<Settings>\n"
+	      "<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>\n"
+	      "<Enabled>true</Enabled>\n"
+	      "<Hidden>true</Hidden>\n"
+	      "<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>\n"
+	      "<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>\n"
+	      "<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>\n"
+	      "<Priority>7</Priority>\n"
+	      "</Settings>\n"
+	      "<Actions Context=\"Author\">\n"
+	      "<Exec>\n"
+	      "<Command>\"%s\\git.exe\"</Command>\n"
+	      "<Arguments>--exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%s</Arguments>\n"
+	      "</Exec>\n"
+	      "</Actions>\n"
+	      "</Task>\n";
+	fprintf(tfile->fp, xml, exec_path, exec_path, frequency);
+	strvec_split(&child.args, cmd);
+	strvec_pushl(&child.args, "/create", "/tn", name, "/f", "/xml",
+				  get_tempfile_path(tfile), NULL);
+	close_tempfile_gently(tfile);
+
+	child.no_stdout = 1;
+	child.no_stderr = 1;
+
+	if (start_command(&child))
+		die(_("failed to start schtasks"));
+	result = finish_command(&child);
+
+	delete_tempfile(&tfile);
+	free(name);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int schtasks_schedule_tasks(const char *cmd)
+{
+	const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
+
+	return schtasks_schedule_task(exec_path, SCHEDULE_HOURLY, cmd) ||
+		schtasks_schedule_task(exec_path, SCHEDULE_DAILY, cmd) ||
+		schtasks_schedule_task(exec_path, SCHEDULE_WEEKLY, cmd);
+}
+
+static int schtasks_update_schedule(int run_maintenance, int fd, const char *cmd)
+{
+	if (run_maintenance)
+		return schtasks_schedule_tasks(cmd);
+	else
+		return schtasks_remove_tasks(cmd);
+}
+
 #define BEGIN_LINE "# BEGIN GIT MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE"
 #define END_LINE "# END GIT MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE"
 
@@ -1761,6 +1922,8 @@ static int crontab_update_schedule(int run_maintenance, int fd, const char *cmd)
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 static const char platform_scheduler[] = "launchctl";
+#elif defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE)
+static const char platform_scheduler[] = "schtasks";
 #else
 static const char platform_scheduler[] = "crontab";
 #endif
@@ -1789,6 +1952,8 @@ static int update_background_schedule(int enable)
 
 	if (!strcmp(scheduler, "launchctl"))
 		result = launchctl_update_schedule(enable, lk.tempfile->fd, cmd);
+	else if (!strcmp(scheduler, "schtasks"))
+		result = schtasks_update_schedule(enable, lk.tempfile->fd, cmd);
 	else if (!strcmp(scheduler, "crontab"))
 		result = crontab_update_schedule(enable, lk.tempfile->fd, cmd);
 	else
diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
index 6d373129016..f080c29a61d 100755
--- a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
@@ -453,6 +453,45 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW 'start and stop macOS maintenance' '
 	test_line_count = 0 actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'start and stop Windows maintenance' '
+	write_script print-args <<-\EOF &&
+	echo $* >>args
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		case "$1" in
+		/xml) shift; xmlfile=$1; break ;;
+		*) shift ;;
+		esac
+	done
+	test -z "$xmlfile" || cp "$xmlfile" "$xmlfile.xml"
+	EOF
+
+	rm -f args &&
+	GIT_TEST_MAINT_SCHEDULER="schtasks:./print-args" GIT_TRACE2_PERF=1 git maintenance start &&
+
+	# start registers the repo
+	git config --get --global maintenance.repo "$(pwd)" &&
+
+	for frequency in hourly daily weekly
+	do
+		grep "/create /tn Git Maintenance ($frequency) /f /xml" args &&
+		file=$(ls schedule_$frequency*.xml) &&
+		test_xmllint "$file" &&
+		grep "encoding=.US-ASCII." "$file" || return 1
+	done &&
+
+	rm -f args &&
+	GIT_TEST_MAINT_SCHEDULER="schtasks:./print-args" git maintenance stop &&
+
+	# stop does not unregister the repo
+	git config --get --global maintenance.repo "$(pwd)" &&
+
+	rm expect &&
+	printf "/delete /tn Git Maintenance (%s) /f\n" \
+		hourly daily weekly >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect args
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'register preserves existing strategy' '
 	git config maintenance.strategy none &&
 	git maintenance register &&
