diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index c22a36f24fd6..98f8e43b8a8c 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ comptime {
                 } else if (!@typeInfo(@TypeOf(root.main)).@"fn".calling_convention.eql(.c)) {
                     @export(&main, .{ .name = "main" });
                 }
+            } else if (native_os == .windows and builtin.link_libc and @hasDecl(root, "wWinMain")) {
+                if (!@typeInfo(@TypeOf(root.wWinMain)).@"fn".calling_convention.eql(.c)) {
+                    @export(&wWinMain, .{ .name = "wWinMain" });
+                }
             } else if (native_os == .windows) {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, "WinMain") and !@hasDecl(root, "WinMainCRTStartup") and
                     !@hasDecl(root, "wWinMain") and !@hasDecl(root, "wWinMainCRTStartup"))
@@ -527,6 +531,10 @@ fn wWinMainCRTStartup() callconv(.withStackAlign(.c, 1)) noreturn {
     std.os.windows.ntdll.RtlExitUserProcess(@as(std.os.windows.UINT, @bitCast(result)));
 }
 
+fn wWinMain(hInstance: *anyopaque, hPrevInstance: ?*anyopaque, pCmdLine: [*:0]u16, nCmdShow: c_int) callconv(.c) c_int {
+    return root.wWinMain(@ptrCast(hInstance), @ptrCast(hPrevInstance), pCmdLine, @intCast(nCmdShow));
+}
+
 fn posixCallMainAndExit(argc_argv_ptr: [*]usize) callconv(.c) noreturn {
     // We're not ready to panic until thread local storage is initialized.
     @setRuntimeSafety(false);
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/build.zig b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/build.zig
index c77a48ecd836..236ebe95c632 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/build.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/build.zig
@@ -77,4 +77,66 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
         test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
     }
+
+    {
+        const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+            .name = "zig_main",
+            .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+                .root_source_file = b.path("main.zig"),
+                .target = target,
+                .optimize = .Debug,
+            }),
+        });
+
+        _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
+        test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+    }
+
+    {
+        const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+            .name = "zig_main_link_libc",
+            .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+                .root_source_file = b.path("main.zig"),
+                .target = target,
+                .optimize = .Debug,
+                .link_libc = true,
+            }),
+        });
+
+        _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
+        test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+    }
+
+    {
+        const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+            .name = "zig_wwinmain",
+            .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+                .root_source_file = b.path("wwinmain.zig"),
+                .target = target,
+                .optimize = .Debug,
+            }),
+        });
+        exe.mingw_unicode_entry_point = true;
+        // Note: `exe.subsystem = .windows;` is not necessary
+
+        _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
+        test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+    }
+
+    {
+        const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+            .name = "zig_wwinmain_link_libc",
+            .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+                .root_source_file = b.path("wwinmain.zig"),
+                .target = target,
+                .optimize = .Debug,
+                .link_libc = true,
+            }),
+        });
+        exe.mingw_unicode_entry_point = true;
+        // Note: `exe.subsystem = .windows;` is not necessary
+
+        _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
+        test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/main.zig b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3a4fae0d439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn main() void {
+    std.debug.print("hello from Zig main\n", .{});
+}
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/wwinmain.zig b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/wwinmain.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6b897385308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_entry_points/wwinmain.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn wWinMain(
+    inst: std.os.windows.HINSTANCE,
+    prev: ?std.os.windows.HINSTANCE,
+    cmd_line: std.os.windows.LPWSTR,
+    cmd_show: c_int,
+) std.os.windows.INT {
+    _ = inst;
+    _ = prev;
+    _ = cmd_line;
+    _ = cmd_show;
+    std.debug.print("hello from Zig wWinMain\n", .{});
+    return 0;
+}