diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bd220e4..ba5df6d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+winbuild_env.bat
 config.h
 .DS_Store
 *.pyc
diff --git a/clean_build_windows.bat b/clean_build_windows.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..647316b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clean_build_windows.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+@echo off
+
+REM defaults - override them by creating a winbuild_env file
+set B_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+set B_QT_ROOT=C:\Qt\5.6.3\msvc2015_64
+set B_BONJOUR=C:\Program Files\Bonjour SDK
+
+REM  needed by cmake to set bonjour include dir
+set BONJOUR_SDK_HOME=%B_BONJOUR%
+
+set savedir=%cd%
+cd /d %~dp0
+
+if exist winbuild_env.bat call winbuild_env.bat
+
+rmdir /q /s build
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%B_BUILD_TYPE% -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%B_QT_ROOT%" -D DNSSD_LIB="%B_BONJOUR%\Lib\x64\dnssd.lib" ..
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto failed
+echo @msbuild barrier.sln /p:Platform="x64" /p:Configuration=%B_BUILD_TYPE% /m > make.bat
+REM echo @if errorlevel 1 exit 1 >> make.bat
+call make.bat
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto failed
+if exist bin\Debug (
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Cored.dll bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Guid.dll bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Networkd.dll bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Widgetsd.dll bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Cored.dll bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy ..\ext\openssl\windows\x64\bin\* bin\Debug\ > NUL
+    copy ..\res\openssl\barrier.conf bin\Debug\ > NUL
+) else if exist bin\Release (
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Core.dll bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Gui.dll bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Network.dll bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy %B_QT_ROOT%\bin\Qt5Core.dll bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy ..\ext\openssl\windows\x64\bin\* bin\Release\ > NUL
+    copy ..\res\openssl\barrier.conf bin\Release\ > NUL
+) else (
+    echo Remember to copy supporting binaries and confiuration files!
+)
+
+echo Build completed successfully
+goto done
+
+:failed
+echo Build failed
+
+:done
+set BONJOUR_SDK_HOME=
+set B_BUILD_TYPE=
+set B_QT_ROOT=
+set B_BONJOUR=
+
+cd /d %savedir%