diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f7abac..afc08b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ More informations can be found [here](https://build.phonegap.com/plugins/360).
 
 
 ## Release Notes
+#### Version 0.6.0 (not yet released)
+- [feature]: Added Windows8 support<br>
+  *Thanks to* ***pirvudoru***
+
 #### Version 0.5.2 (22.03.2014)
 - [bugfix:] `isServiceAvailable` on Android did not return a list of available printing apps.
 
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 2704520..e467c41 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <description>A bunch of printig plugins for Cordova 3.x.x</description>
     <repo>https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-printer.git</repo>
-    <keywords>print, printer, ios, android</keywords>
+    <keywords>print, printer, ios, android, windows 8</keywords>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
 
     <author>Sebastián Katzer</author>
@@ -45,4 +45,11 @@
 
         <source-file src="src/android/Printer.java" target-dir="src/de/appplant/cordova/plugin/printer" />
     </platform>
+
+    <!-- windows8 -->
+    <platform name="windows8">
+        <js-module src="src/windows8/PrinterProxy.js" name="PrinterProxy">
+            <clobbers target="" />
+        </js-module>
+    </platform>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/src/windows8/PrinterProxy.js b/src/windows8/PrinterProxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f6146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/windows8/PrinterProxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+    Copyright 2013-2014 appPlant UG
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+*/
+
+PrinterProxy = {
+    isServiceAvailable: function (successCallback, failCallback, args) {
+        args[0](true);
+    },
+
+    print: function (successCallback, failCallback, args) {
+        window.printContent = args[0];
+
+        Windows.Graphics.Printing.PrintManager.showPrintUIAsync();
+    },
+
+    printTaskRequested: function (printEvent) {
+        printEvent.request.createPrintTask("Print", function (args) {
+            var documentFragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+            var content = document.createElement("html");
+
+            content.innerHTML = window.printContent;
+            documentFragment.appendChild(content);
+
+            args.setSource(MSApp.getHtmlPrintDocumentSource(documentFragment));
+        });
+    }
+};
+
+var printManager = Windows.Graphics.Printing.PrintManager.getForCurrentView();
+
+printManager.onprinttaskrequested = PrinterProxy.printTaskRequested;
+
+require("cordova/windows8/commandProxy").add("Printer", PrinterProxy);
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