diff --git a/platforms/defaults_windows.go b/platforms/defaults_windows.go
index fd5756516cfc9..229b9b296ea17 100644
--- a/platforms/defaults_windows.go
+++ b/platforms/defaults_windows.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type windowsmatcher struct {
 	specs.Platform
 	osVersionPrefix string
 	defaultMatcher  Matcher
+	isClientOS      bool
 }
 
 // Match matches platform with the same windows major, minor
@@ -53,6 +54,31 @@ func (m windowsmatcher) Match(p specs.Platform) bool {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(p.OSVersion, m.osVersionPrefix) {
 			return true
 		}
+		if m.isClientOS && p.OSVersion != "" {
+			split := strings.Split(p.OSVersion, ".")
+			if len(split) >= 3 {
+				major, err := strconv.Atoi(split[0])
+				if err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				minor, err := strconv.Atoi(split[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				build, err := strconv.Atoi(split[2])
+				if err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+
+				if (major == 10 && minor == 0 && build >= 20348) ||
+					(major == 10 && minor > 0) {
+					// Windows 11 client machines are implicitly
+					// compatible with 10.0.20348 (LTSC2022), even
+					// when the client has a newer build version.
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return p.OSVersion == ""
 	}
 
@@ -61,16 +87,35 @@ func (m windowsmatcher) Match(p specs.Platform) bool {
 
 // Less sorts matched platforms in front of other platforms.
 // For matched platforms, it puts platforms with larger revision
-// number in front.
+// number in front (and for Win 11 clients, larger build numbers).
 func (m windowsmatcher) Less(p1, p2 specs.Platform) bool {
 	m1, m2 := m.Match(p1), m.Match(p2)
 	if m1 && m2 {
+		// Build number comparison will only be used for clients
+		// where differing build versions can match.
+		b1, b2 := build(p1.OSVersion), build(p2.OSVersion)
+		if b1 != b2 {
+			return b1 > b2
+		}
+
 		r1, r2 := revision(p1.OSVersion), revision(p2.OSVersion)
 		return r1 > r2
 	}
 	return m1 && !m2
 }
 
+func build(v string) int {
+	parts := strings.Split(v, ".")
+	if len(parts) < 3 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	r, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[2])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
 func revision(v string) int {
 	parts := strings.Split(v, ".")
 	if len(parts) < 4 {
diff --git a/platforms/defaults_windows_test.go b/platforms/defaults_windows_test.go
index 4684380384a6f..4561a63e4e7ed 100644
--- a/platforms/defaults_windows_test.go
+++ b/platforms/defaults_windows_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func TestMatchComparerMatch_WCOW(t *testing.T) {
 		defaultMatcher: &matcher{
 			Platform: Normalize(DefaultSpec()),
 		},
+		isClientOS: false,
 	}
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		platform imagespec.Platform
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ func TestMatchComparerMatch_LCOW(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			),
 		},
+		isClientOS: false,
 	}
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		platform imagespec.Platform
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ func TestMatchComparerLess(t *testing.T) {
 		defaultMatcher: &matcher{
 			Platform: Normalize(DefaultSpec()),
 		},
+		isClientOS: false,
 	}
 	platforms := []imagespec.Platform{
 		{
@@ -268,3 +271,98 @@ func TestMatchComparerLess(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, platforms)
 }
+
+func TestMatchComparerClientOSMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	m := windowsmatcher{
+		Platform:        DefaultSpec(),
+		osVersionPrefix: "10.0.22000",
+		defaultMatcher: &matcher{
+			Platform: Normalize(DefaultSpec()),
+		},
+		isClientOS: true,
+	}
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		platform imagespec.Platform
+		match    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			platform: imagespec.Platform{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "windows",
+				OSVersion:    "10.0.17763.2114",
+			},
+			match: false,
+		},
+		{
+			platform: imagespec.Platform{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "windows",
+				OSVersion:    "10.0.20348.169",
+			},
+			match: true,
+		},
+		{
+			platform: imagespec.Platform{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "windows",
+				OSVersion:    "10.0.22000",
+			},
+			match: true,
+		},
+		{
+			platform: imagespec.Platform{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "windows",
+			},
+			match: true,
+		},
+		{
+			platform: imagespec.Platform{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "linux",
+			},
+			match: false,
+		},
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, test.match, m.Match(test.platform), "should match %b, %s to %s", test.match, m.Platform, test.platform)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMatchComparerClientOSPriority(t *testing.T) {
+	m := windowsmatcher{
+		Platform:        DefaultSpec(),
+		osVersionPrefix: "10.0.22000",
+		defaultMatcher: &matcher{
+			Platform: Normalize(DefaultSpec()),
+		},
+		isClientOS: true,
+	}
+	platforms := []imagespec.Platform{
+		{
+			Architecture: "amd64",
+			OS:           "windows",
+			OSVersion:    "10.0.20348.169",
+		},
+		{
+			Architecture: "amd64",
+			OS:           "windows",
+			OSVersion:    "10.0.22000",
+		},
+	}
+	expected := []imagespec.Platform{
+		{
+			Architecture: "amd64",
+			OS:           "windows",
+			OSVersion:    "10.0.22000",
+		},
+		{
+			Architecture: "amd64",
+			OS:           "windows",
+			OSVersion:    "10.0.20348.169",
+		},
+	}
+	sort.SliceStable(platforms, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return m.Less(platforms[i], platforms[j])
+	})
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, platforms)
+}
diff --git a/platforms/platforms_windows.go b/platforms/platforms_windows.go
index 950e2a2ddbb57..5aa23b268bb8f 100644
--- a/platforms/platforms_windows.go
+++ b/platforms/platforms_windows.go
@@ -18,8 +18,24 @@ package platforms
 
 import (
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry"
 )
 
+func isClientOS() bool {
+	k, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion`, registry.QUERY_VALUE)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	defer k.Close()
+
+	installationType, _, err := k.GetStringValue("InstallationType")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return installationType == "Client"
+}
+
 // NewMatcher returns a Windows matcher that will match on osVersionPrefix if
 // the platform is Windows otherwise use the default matcher
 func newDefaultMatcher(platform specs.Platform) Matcher {
@@ -30,5 +46,6 @@ func newDefaultMatcher(platform specs.Platform) Matcher {
 		defaultMatcher: &matcher{
 			Platform: Normalize(platform),
 		},
+		isClientOS: isClientOS(),
 	}
 }