diff --git a/app/vpn/CMakeLists_vpn.cmake b/app/vpn/CMakeLists_vpn.cmake
index 8eb7491..253c6a6 100644
--- a/app/vpn/CMakeLists_vpn.cmake
+++ b/app/vpn/CMakeLists_vpn.cmake
@@ -4,18 +4,35 @@
 #
 #   include(app/vpn/CMakeLists_vpn.cmake)
 #
-# Prerequisites:
-#   Run scripts/build-boringtun.sh first to produce deps/boringtun/libboringtun.a
+# Prerequisites (per platform):
+#   macOS  : bash scripts/build-boringtun.sh --universal
+#   Windows: pwsh scripts/build-boringtun-win.ps1
+#   Linux  : bash scripts/build-boringtun.sh
+#
+# The build scripts drop the static library at:
+#   macOS/Linux  : deps/boringtun/libboringtun.a
+#   Windows      : deps/boringtun/boringtun.lib
 
 # ─── boringtun static library ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-set(BORINGTUN_LIB "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/boringtun/libboringtun.a")
+if(WIN32)
+    set(BORINGTUN_LIB "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/boringtun/boringtun.lib")
+else()
+    set(BORINGTUN_LIB "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/boringtun/libboringtun.a")
+endif()
 
 if(NOT EXISTS "${BORINGTUN_LIB}")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR
-        "boringtun static library not found at ${BORINGTUN_LIB}\n"
-        "Run:  bash scripts/build-boringtun.sh --universal\n"
-        "then re-run CMake.")
+    if(WIN32)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
+            "boringtun static library not found at ${BORINGTUN_LIB}\n"
+            "Run:  pwsh scripts/build-boringtun-win.ps1\n"
+            "then re-run CMake.")
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
+            "boringtun static library not found at ${BORINGTUN_LIB}\n"
+            "Run:  bash scripts/build-boringtun.sh --universal\n"
+            "then re-run CMake.")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 add_library(boringtun STATIC IMPORTED)
@@ -33,12 +50,12 @@ set(VPN_SOURCES
 if(APPLE)
     list(APPEND VPN_SOURCES app/vpn/tunnelmanager_mac.mm)
 elseif(WIN32)
-    list(APPEND VPN_SOURCES app/vpn/tunnelmanager_win.cpp)   # future
+    list(APPEND VPN_SOURCES app/vpn/tunnelmanager_win.cpp)
 elseif(UNIX)
     list(APPEND VPN_SOURCES app/vpn/tunnelmanager_linux.cpp) # future
 endif()
 
-# ─── Integration into moonlight-qt target ────────────────────────────────────
+# ─── Integration into moonlight-qt target ─────────────────────────────────────
 # Replace moonlight-qt below with whatever your top-level CMakeLists calls the app target.
 
 target_sources(moonlight-qt PRIVATE ${VPN_SOURCES})
@@ -50,15 +67,47 @@ target_include_directories(moonlight-qt PRIVATE
 target_link_libraries(moonlight-qt PRIVATE boringtun)
 
 if(APPLE)
-    # Frameworks required by boringtun on macOS
+    # Frameworks required by boringtun + tunnel implementation on macOS
     target_link_libraries(moonlight-qt PRIVATE
         "-framework Security"
         "-framework Network"
         "-framework SystemConfiguration"
     )
-    # Objective-C++ needed for tunnelmanager_mac.mm
+    # Objective-C++ ARC needed for tunnelmanager_mac.mm
     set_source_files_properties(
         app/vpn/tunnelmanager_mac.mm
         PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fobjc-arc"
     )
+
+elseif(WIN32)
+    # Windows system libraries required by Wintun + IP Helper API + Winsock
+    #   iphlpapi   — CreateUnicastIpAddressEntry, CreateIpForwardEntry2
+    #   ws2_32     — socket, sendto, recvfrom, WSAEventSelect, …
+    #   ntdll      — required by boringtun's ring0 primitives
+    #   ole32      — CoCreateGuid (adapter GUID)
+    target_link_libraries(moonlight-qt PRIVATE
+        iphlpapi
+        ws2_32
+        ntdll
+        ole32
+    )
+
+    # Embed the UAC manifest so Windows prompts for elevation at launch.
+    # Visual Studio picks this up automatically; for Ninja/MSBuild add
+    # a custom command that runs mt.exe post-link.
+    if(MSVC)
+        set_target_properties(moonlight-qt PROPERTIES
+            LINK_FLAGS "/MANIFEST:EMBED /MANIFESTINPUT:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/app/DragonMoonlight.manifest"
+        )
+    else()
+        # MinGW: link the manifest as a resource
+        configure_file(
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/app/DragonMoonlight.manifest"
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/DragonMoonlight.manifest"
+            COPYONLY
+        )
+        target_sources(moonlight-qt PRIVATE
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/DragonMoonlight.manifest"
+        )
+    endif()
 endif()