diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a148222..a995a14 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aes"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e8b47f52ea9bae42228d07ec09eb676433d7c4ed1ebdf0f1d1c29ed446f1ab8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cipher",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "opaque-debug",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.51"
@@ -31,6 +49,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64ct"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a32fd6af2b5827bce66c29053ba0e7c42b9dcab01835835058558c10851a46b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -46,6 +70,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bf7fe51849ea569fd452f37822f606a5cabb684dc918707a0193fd4664ff324"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "build_const"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -58,17 +91,47 @@ version = "3.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f1e260c3a9040a7c19a12468758f4c16f31a81a1fe087482be9570ec864bb6c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4872d67bab6358e59559027aa3b9157c53d9358c51423c17554809a8858e0f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6afcd980b5f3a45017c57e57a2fcccbb351cc43a356ce117ef760ef8052b89b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bzip2-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2-sys"
+version = "0.1.11+1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "736a955f3fa7875102d57c82b8cac37ec45224a07fd32d58f9f7a186b6cd4cdc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22a9137b95ea06864e018375b72adfb7db6e6f68cfc8df5a04d00288050485ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -76,6 +139,15 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cipher"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "3.0.6"
@@ -134,6 +206,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "constant_time_eq"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -159,6 +237,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ff1f980957787286a554052d03c7aee98d99cc32e09f6d45f0a814133c87978"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57952ca27b5e3606ff4dd79b0020231aaf9d6aa76dc05fd30137538c50bd3ce8"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dialoguer"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -180,6 +287,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2fb860ca6fafa5552fb6d0e816a69c8e49f0908bf524e30a90d97c85892d506"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer 0.10.2",
+ "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -201,6 +319,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f82b0f4c27ad9f8bfd1f3208d882da2b09c301bc1c828fd3a00d0216d2fbbff6"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -358,6 +486,15 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest 0.10.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "home"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -520,6 +657,15 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aab8fc367588b89dcee83ab0fd66b72b50b72fa1904d7095045ace2b0c81c35"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af25a77299a7f711a01975c35a6a424eb6862092cc2d6c72c4ed6cbc56dfc1fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.55"
@@ -577,6 +723,15 @@ version = "0.3.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2a60c7ce501c71e03a9c9c0d35b861413ae925bd979cc7a4e30d060069aaac8d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f5c75688da582b8ffc1f1799e9db273f32133c49e048f614d22ec3256773ccc"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.7.14"
@@ -636,6 +791,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "number_prefix"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -721,6 +885,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "password-hash"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d791538a6dcc1e7cb7fe6f6b58aca40e7f79403c45b2bc274008b5e647af1d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+ "rand_core",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pbkdf2"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "271779f35b581956db91a3e55737327a03aa051e90b1c47aeb189508533adfd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest 0.10.3",
+ "hmac",
+ "password-hash",
+ "sha2 0.10.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -1049,20 +1236,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c77f4e7f65455545c2153c1253d25056825e77ee2533f0e41deb65a93a34852f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest 0.10.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.9.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4d58a1e1bf39749807d89cf2d98ac2dfa0ff1cb3faa38fbb64dd88ac8013d800"
 dependencies = [
- "block-buffer",
+ "block-buffer 0.9.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
+ "digest 0.9.0",
  "opaque-debug",
  "sha2-asm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55deaec60f81eefe3cce0dc50bda92d6d8e88f2a27df7c5033b42afeb1ed2676"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest 0.10.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2-asm"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -1115,6 +1324,12 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "svm-rs"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -1135,12 +1350,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2",
+ "sha2 0.9.9",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
+ "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1224,6 +1440,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72c91f41dcb2f096c05f0873d667dceec1087ce5bcf984ec8ffb19acddbb3217"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa 1.0.1",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42657b1a6f4d817cda8e7a0ace261fe0cc946cf3a80314390b22cc61ae080792"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.5.1"
@@ -1577,3 +1811,52 @@ name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d68d9dcec5f9b43a30d38c49f91dfedfaac384cb8f085faca366c26207dd1619"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf225bcf73bb52cbb496e70475c7bd7a3f769df699c0020f6c7bd9a96dcf0b8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "aes",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bzip2",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "flate2",
+ "hmac",
+ "pbkdf2",
+ "sha1",
+ "time",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.10.2+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f4a6bd64f22b5e3e94b4e238669ff9f10815c27a5180108b849d24174a83847"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "4.1.6+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94b61c51bb270702d6167b8ce67340d2754b088d0c091b06e593aa772c3ee9bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "1.6.3+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc49afa5c8d634e75761feda8c592051e7eeb4683ba827211eb0d731d3402ea8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f4c5e6a..0205080 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ tokio = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.30"
 url = { version = "2.2.2", default-features = false }
 
+[target.'cfg(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86_64"))'.dependencies]
+zip = "0.6.2"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 home = { version = "0.5.3", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 2354f2c..a6818f2 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ pub enum SolcVmError {
     UrlError(#[from] url::ParseError),
     #[error("Received unsuccessful response with code {1} for {0}")]
     UnsuccessfulResponse(Url, StatusCode),
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ZipError(#[from] zip::result::ZipError),
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c5334dc..af191a3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ impl Installer {
 
         Ok(solc_path)
     }
+
+    /// Extracts the solc archive at the version specified destination and returns the path to the
+    /// installed solc binary.
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    fn install_zip(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, SolcVmError> {
+        let version_path = version_path(self.version.to_string().as_str());
+        let solc_path = version_path.join(&format!("solc-{}", self.version));
+
+        // extract archive
+        let mut content = Cursor::new(&self.binbytes);
+        let mut archive = zip::ZipArchive::new(&mut content)?;
+        archive.extract(version_path.as_path())?;
+
+        // rename solc binary
+        std::fs::rename(version_path.join("solc.exe"), solc_path.as_path())?;
+
+        Ok(solc_path)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Derive path to a specific Solc version's binary.
@@ -182,7 +200,11 @@ pub fn blocking_install(version: &Version) -> Result<PathBuf, SolcVmError> {
     // same version of solc.
     let _lock = try_lock_file(lock_path)?;
 
-    do_install(version.clone(), binbytes.to_vec())
+    do_install(
+        version.clone(),
+        binbytes.to_vec(),
+        artifact.to_string().as_str(),
+    )
 }
 
 /// Installs the provided version of Solc in the machine.
@@ -227,16 +249,30 @@ pub async fn install(version: &Version) -> Result<PathBuf, SolcVmError> {
     // same version of solc.
     let _lock = try_lock_file(lock_path)?;
 
-    do_install(version.clone(), binbytes.to_vec())
+    do_install(
+        version.clone(),
+        binbytes.to_vec(),
+        artifact.to_string().as_str(),
+    )
 }
 
-fn do_install(version: Version, binbytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<PathBuf, SolcVmError> {
+fn do_install(
+    version: Version,
+    binbytes: Vec<u8>,
+    _artifact: &str,
+) -> Result<PathBuf, SolcVmError> {
     let installer = {
         setup_version(version.to_string().as_str())?;
 
         Installer { version, binbytes }
     };
 
+    // Solc versions <= 0.7.1 are .zip files for Windows only
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    if _artifact.ends_with(".zip") {
+        return installer.install_zip();
+    }
+
     installer.install()
 }
 
@@ -446,4 +482,24 @@ mod tests {
         let binbytes = resp.bytes().await.unwrap();
         ensure_checksum(&binbytes, &latest, checksum).unwrap();
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    async fn can_install_windows_zip_release() {
+        let version = "0.7.1".parse().unwrap();
+        install(&version).await.unwrap();
+        let solc_path =
+            version_path(version.to_string().as_str()).join(&format!("solc-{}", version));
+        let output = Command::new(&solc_path)
+            .arg("--version")
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+            .as_ref()
+            .contains("0.7.1"));
+    }
 }