diff --git a/changelog/new.txt b/changelog/new.txt
index 8a294cf..d3cc206 100644
--- a/changelog/new.txt
+++ b/changelog/new.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Breaking changes:
 Bugs fixed:
 
 New features:
+- Experimental windows support has been added.
 - New command dump has been added.
 - New command merge has been added.
 - Extra or wrong fields in the config file now lead to rustic complaining and aborting.
diff --git a/src/backend/choose.rs b/src/backend/choose.rs
index ff174bf..5a67227 100644
--- a/src/backend/choose.rs
+++ b/src/backend/choose.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use ChooseBackend::{Local, Rclone, Rest};
 impl ChooseBackend {
     pub fn from_url(url: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         Ok(match url.split_once(':') {
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            Some((drive, _)) if drive.len() == 1 => Local(LocalBackend::new(url)?),
             Some(("rclone", path)) => Rclone(RcloneBackend::new(path)?),
             Some(("rest", path)) => Rest(RestBackend::new(path)?),
             Some(("local", path)) => Local(LocalBackend::new(path)?),