diff --git a/lib/Common.js b/lib/Common.js
index 35b133898..9819272b8 100644
--- a/lib/Common.js
+++ b/lib/Common.js
@@ -343,29 +343,42 @@ var resolveNodeInterpreter = function(app) {
     Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + chalk.bold.yellow('Choosing the Node.js version in cluster mode is not supported'));
     return false;
   }
-  if (!process.env.NVM_DIR) {
+
+  var nvm_path = cst.IS_WINDOWS ? process.env.NVM_HOME : process.env.NVM_DIR;
+  if (!nvm_path) {
     Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.red('NVM is not available in PATH'));
     Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.red('Fallback to node in PATH'));
-    Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.bold('Install NVM:\n$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash'));
+    var msg = cst.IS_WINDOWS
+      ? 'https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases/'
+      : '$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash';
+    Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.bold('Install NVM:\n' + msg));
   }
   else {
     var node_version  = app.exec_interpreter.split('@')[1];
-    var nvm_node_path;
-
-    if (semver.satisfies(node_version, '>= 0.12.0'))
-      nvm_node_path = path.join(process.env.NVM_DIR, '/versions/node/v' + node_version + '/bin/node');
-    else
-      nvm_node_path = path.join(process.env.NVM_DIR, '/v' + node_version + '/bin/node');
+    var path_to_node  = cst.IS_WINDOWS
+      ? '/v' + node_version + '/node.exe'
+      : semver.satisfies(node_version, '>= 0.12.0')
+          ? '/versions/node/v' + node_version + '/bin/node'
+          : '/v' + node_version + '/bin/node';
+    var nvm_node_path  = path.join(nvm_path, path_to_node);
 
     try {
       fs.accessSync(nvm_node_path);
     } catch(e) {
       Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'Installing Node v%s', node_version);
-      var nvm_bin = path.join(process.env.NVM_DIR, 'nvm.sh');
-      var nvm_cmd = '. ' + nvm_bin + ' ; nvm install ' + node_version;
+      var nvm_bin = path.join(nvm_path, 'nvm.' + (cst.IS_WINDOWS ? 'exe' : 'sh'));
+      var nvm_cmd = cst.IS_WINDOWS
+        ? nvm_bin + ' install ' + node_version
+        : '. ' + nvm_bin + ' ; nvm install ' + node_version;
 
       Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'Executing: %s', nvm_cmd);
       require('shelljs').exec(nvm_cmd);
+
+      // in order to support both arch, nvm for Windows renames 'node.exe' to:
+      // 'node32.exe' for x32 arch
+      // 'node64.exe' for x64 arch
+      if (cst.IS_WINDOWS)
+        nvm_node_path = nvm_node_path.replace(/node/, 'node' + process.arch.slice(1))
     }
 
     Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + chalk.green.bold('Setting Node to v%s (path=%s)'),