diff --git a/ion/src/sdl/windows/Makefile b/ion/src/sdl/windows/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e683a5bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/sdl/windows/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+src += $(addprefix ion/src/sdl/windows/, \
+  images.cpp \
+  resources.rc \
+)
+
+LDFLAGS += -lgdiplus
diff --git a/ion/src/sdl/windows/images.cpp b/ion/src/sdl/windows/images.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6316d722f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/sdl/windows/images.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include <SDL.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <olectl.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <gdiplus.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+HRESULT CreateStreamOnResource(const char * name, LPSTREAM * stream) {
+  assert(name != nullptr);
+  assert(stream != nullptr);
+  HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(0);
+  *stream = NULL;
+  HRSRC hC = FindResource(hInstance, name, RT_RCDATA);
+  if (!hC) {
+    SDL_Log("Could not find resource %s", name);
+    return E_INVALIDARG;
+  }
+    // This is not really a HGLOBAL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms648046(v=vs.85).aspx
+  HGLOBAL hG = LoadResource(hInstance, hC);
+  if (!hG) {
+    SDL_Log("Could not load resource %s", name);
+    return E_INVALIDARG;
+  }
+  void* bytes = LockResource(hG);
+  ULONG size = SizeofResource(hInstance, hC);
+  // Create a new empty stream.
+  HRESULT hr = CreateStreamOnHGlobal(NULL, TRUE, stream);
+  if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    ULONG written;
+    // Copy the resource into it.
+    hr = (*stream)->Write(bytes, size, &written);
+  }
+  return hr;
+}
+
+extern "C" SDL_Texture * loadImage(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const char * identifier) {
+//SDL_LogCritical(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "Loading image");
+  SDL_Log("chabite");
+
+  Gdiplus::GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
+  ULONG_PTR gdiplusToken;
+  Gdiplus::GdiplusStartup(&gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, nullptr);
+
+  LPSTREAM stream;
+  const char * resname = MAKEINTRESOURCE(300);
+  CreateStreamOnResource(resname, &stream);
+#if 0
+  IPicture * picture = nullptr;
+  OleLoadPicture(
+      stream,
+      0,
+      false,
+      IID_IPicture,
+      (void**)&picture
+      );
+#endif
+
+  Gdiplus::Bitmap * image = Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromStream(stream);
+
+  SDL_Log("Gdiplus::Bitmap is %p", image);
+
+  int w = (int)image->GetWidth();
+  int h = (int)image->GetHeight();
+  Gdiplus::Rect rc(0, 0, w, h);
+
+  SDL_Log("Gdiplus::Bitmap is %dx%d", w,h);
+
+  Gdiplus::BitmapData * bitmapData = new Gdiplus::BitmapData;
+  image->LockBits(&rc, Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead, PixelFormat32bppARGB, bitmapData);
+
+  SDL_Texture * texture = SDL_CreateTexture(
+      renderer,
+      SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888,
+      SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC,
+      w,
+      h
+      );
+
+  SDL_UpdateTexture(
+      texture,
+      NULL,
+      bitmapData->Scan0,
+      4 * w
+      );
+
+  image->UnlockBits(bitmapData);
+  delete bitmapData;
+  delete image;
+  Gdiplus::GdiplusShutdown(gdiplusToken);
+
+  return texture;
+}
diff --git a/ion/src/sdl/windows/resources.rc b/ion/src/sdl/windows/resources.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..024eb2d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/sdl/windows/resources.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+300 RCDATA "../assets/background.jpg"
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     1,0,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  1,0,0,0
+BEGIN
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "NumWorks"
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "Graphing calculator simulator"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0"
+      VALUE "InternalName", "epsilon"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "NumWorks"
+      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "epsilon.exe"
+      VALUE "ProductName", "Epsilon"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0"
+    END
+  END
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
+  END
+END
diff --git a/scripts/platform.sdl.windows.mak b/scripts/platform.sdl.windows.mak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40320cd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/platform.sdl.windows.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+TOOLCHAIN ?= windows
+EXE = exe
diff --git a/scripts/targets.sdl.windows.mak b/scripts/targets.sdl.windows.mak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f8c7518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/targets.sdl.windows.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+$(eval $(call rule_for, \
+  WINDRES, %.o, %.rc, \
+  $$(WINDRES) $$< -O coff -o $$@ \
+))
diff --git a/scripts/toolchain.windows.mak b/scripts/toolchain.windows.mak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3973705de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/toolchain.windows.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CC = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+CXX = x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
+LD = x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
+EXE = exe
+
+SFLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
+#LDFLAGS += -static -mwindows
+LDFLAGS += -static
+
+WINDRES = x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres