diff --git a/main/cygload.c b/main/cygload.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc9c1c2f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/cygload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Loader for asterisk under windows.
+ * Open the dll, locate main, run.
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef int (*main_f)(int argc, char *argv[]);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	main_f ast_main = NULL;
+	void *handle = dlopen("asterisk.dll", 0);
+	if (handle)
+		ast_main = (main_f)dlsym(handle, "amain");
+	if (ast_main)
+		return ast_main(argc, argv);
+	fprintf(stderr, "could not load asterisk, %s\n", dlerror());
+}