diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
index 01fb120..357f319 100644
--- a/config.md
+++ b/config.md
@@ -155,8 +155,11 @@ For POSIX platforms the `mounts` structure has the following fields:
 * **`cwd`** (string, REQUIRED) is the working directory that will be set for the executable.
     This value MUST be an absolute path.
 * **`env`** (array of strings, OPTIONAL) with the same semantics as [IEEE Std 1003.1-2008's `environ`][ieee-1003.1-2008-xbd-c8.1].
-* **`args`** (array of strings, REQUIRED) with similar semantics to [IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 `execvp`'s *argv*][ieee-1003.1-2008-functions-exec].
-    This specification extends the IEEE standard in that at least one entry is REQUIRED, and that entry is used with the same semantics as `execvp`'s *file*.
+* **`args`** (array of strings, OPTIONAL) with similar semantics to [IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 `execvp`'s *argv*][ieee-1003.1-2008-functions-exec].
+    This specification extends the IEEE standard in that at least one entry is REQUIRED (non-Windows), and that entry is used with the same semantics as `execvp`'s *file*. This field is OPTIONAL on Windows, and `commandLine` is REQUIRED if this field is omitted.
+* **`commandLine`** (string, OPTIONAL) specifies the full command line to be executed on Windows.
+    This is the preferred means of supplying the command line on Windows. If omitted, the runtime will fall back to escaping and concatenating fields from `args` before making the system call into Windows.
+
 
 ### <a name="configPOSIXProcess" />POSIX process
 
diff --git a/schema/config-schema.json b/schema/config-schema.json
index f90bd4b..e3d6096 100644
--- a/schema/config-schema.json
+++ b/schema/config-schema.json
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@
         "process": {
             "type": "object",
             "required": [
-                "cwd",
-                "args"
+                "cwd"
             ],
             "properties": {
                 "args": {
                     "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/ArrayOfStrings"
                 },
+                "commandLine": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
                 "consoleSize": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "required": [
diff --git a/specs-go/config.go b/specs-go/config.go
index 6d791e7..27268f9 100644
--- a/specs-go/config.go
+++ b/specs-go/config.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ type Process struct {
 	// User specifies user information for the process.
 	User User `json:"user"`
 	// Args specifies the binary and arguments for the application to execute.
-	Args []string `json:"args"`
+	Args []string `json:"args,omitempty"`
+	// CommandLine specifies the full command line for the application to execute on Windows.
+	CommandLine string `json:"commandLine,omitempty" platform:"windows"`
 	// Env populates the process environment for the process.
 	Env []string `json:"env,omitempty"`
 	// Cwd is the current working directory for the process and must be