diff --git a/oauth2client/locked_file.py b/oauth2client/locked_file.py
index c78410c..8a7aff5 100644
--- a/oauth2client/locked_file.py
+++ b/oauth2client/locked_file.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 
 try:
   import fcntl
+
   class _FcntlOpener(_Opener):
     """Open, lock, and unlock a file using fcntl.lockf."""
 
@@ -192,7 +193,6 @@
             return
           time.sleep(delay)
 
-
     def unlock_and_close(self):
       """Close and unlock the file using the fcntl.lockf primitive."""
       if self._locked:
@@ -204,25 +204,114 @@
   _FcntlOpener = None
 
 
+try:
+  import pywintypes
+  import win32con
+  import win32file
+
+  class _Win32Opener(_Opener):
+    """Open, lock, and unlock a file using windows primitives."""
+
+    # Error #33:
+    #  'The process cannot access the file because another process'
+    FILE_IN_USE_ERROR = 33
+
+    # Error #158:
+    #  'The segment is already unlocked.'
+    FILE_ALREADY_UNLOCKED_ERROR = 158
+
+    def open_and_lock(self, timeout, delay):
+      """Open the file and lock it.
+
+      Args:
+        timeout: float, How long to try to lock for.
+        delay: float, How long to wait between retries
+
+      Raises:
+        AlreadyLockedException: if the lock is already acquired.
+        IOError: if the open fails.
+      """
+      if self._locked:
+        raise AlreadyLockedException('File %s is already locked' %
+                                     self._filename)
+      start_time = time.time()
+
+      try:
+        self._fh = open(self._filename, self._mode)
+      except IOError, e:
+        # If we can't access with _mode, try _fallback_mode and don't lock.
+        if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
+          self._fh = open(self._filename, self._fallback_mode)
+          return
+
+      # We opened in _mode, try to lock the file.
+      while True:
+        try:
+          hfile = win32file._get_osfhandle(self._fh.fileno())
+          win32file.LockFileEx(
+              hfile,
+              (win32con.LOCKFILE_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY|
+               win32con.LOCKFILE_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK), 0, -0x10000,
+              pywintypes.OVERLAPPED())
+          self._locked = True
+          return
+        except pywintypes.error, e:
+          if timeout == 0:
+            raise e
+
+          # If the error is not that the file is already in use, raise.
+          if e[0] != _Win32Opener.FILE_IN_USE_ERROR:
+            raise
+
+          # We could not acquire the lock.  Try again.
+          if (time.time() - start_time) >= timeout:
+            logger.warn('Could not lock %s in %s seconds' % (
+                self._filename, timeout))
+            if self._fh:
+              self._fh.close()
+            self._fh = open(self._filename, self._fallback_mode)
+            return
+          time.sleep(delay)
+
+    def unlock_and_close(self):
+      """Close and unlock the file using the win32 primitive."""
+      if self._locked:
+        try:
+          hfile = win32file._get_osfhandle(self._fh.fileno())
+          win32file.UnlockFileEx(hfile, 0, -0x10000, pywintypes.OVERLAPPED())
+        except pywintypes.error, e:
+          if e[0] != _Win32Opener.FILE_ALREADY_UNLOCKED_ERROR:
+            raise
+      self._locked = False
+      if self._fh:
+        self._fh.close()
+except ImportError:
+  _Win32Opener = None
+
+
 class LockedFile(object):
   """Represent a file that has exclusive access."""
 
-  def __init__(self, filename, mode, fallback_mode, use_fcntl=True):
+  def __init__(self, filename, mode, fallback_mode, use_native_locking=True):
     """Construct a LockedFile.
 
     Args:
       filename: string, The path of the file to open.
       mode: string, The mode to try to open the file with.
       fallback_mode: string, The mode to use if locking fails.
-      use_fcntl: string, Whether or not fcntl-based locking should be used.
+      use_native_locking: bool, Whether or not fcntl/win32 locking is used.
     """
-    if not use_fcntl:
-      self._opener = _PosixOpener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
-    else:
+    opener = None
+    if not opener and use_native_locking:
+      if _Win32Opener:
+        opener = _Win32Opener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
       if _FcntlOpener:
-        self._opener = _FcntlOpener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
-      else:
-        self._opener = _PosixOpener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
+        opener = _FcntlOpener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
+
+    if not opener:
+      opener = _PosixOpener(filename, mode, fallback_mode)
+
+    self._opener = opener
 
   def filename(self):
     """Return the filename we were constructed with."""