diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74c0d039..4f51d9de 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ CGO_ENABLED:=0
 # Construct the "-tags" parameter used by "go build".
 BUILD_TAGS?=
 
+LINUX_BUILD_TAGS = $(BUILD_TAGS)
+WINDOWS_BUILD_TAGS = $(BUILD_TAGS)
+
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_JOURNALD), 1)
 	# Enable journald build tag.
-	BUILD_TAGS:=$(BUILD_TAGS) journald
+	LINUX_BUILD_TAGS := $(BUILD_TAGS) journald
 	# Enable cgo because sdjournal needs cgo to compile. The binary will be
 	# dynamically linked if CGO_ENABLED is enabled. This is fine because fedora
 	# already has necessary dynamic library. We can not use `-extldflags "-static"`
@@ -82,9 +85,9 @@ else
 endif
 
 vet:
-	GO111MODULE=on go list -mod vendor -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" ./... | \
+	GO111MODULE=on go list -mod vendor -tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" ./... | \
 		grep -v "./vendor/*" | \
-		GO111MODULE=on xargs go vet -mod vendor -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)"
+		GO111MODULE=on xargs go vet -mod vendor -tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)"
 
 fmt:
 	find . -type f -name "*.go" | grep -v "./vendor/*" | xargs gofmt -s -w -l
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ endif
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o $@ \
 		-ldflags '-X $(PKG)/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
-		./cmd/$(subst -,,$*)/$(subst -,_,$*).go
+		-tags "$(WINDOWS_BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		./cmd/$(subst -,,$*)
 	touch $@
 
 ./test/bin/windows_amd64/%.exe: $(PKG_SOURCES)
@@ -121,24 +124,24 @@ endif
 	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) GO111MODULE=on go build \
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o $@ \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
-		./test/e2e/$(subst -,,$*)/$(subst -,_,$*).go
+		-tags "$(WINDOWS_BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		./test/e2e/$(subst -,,$*)
 
 bin/linux_amd64/%: $(PKG_SOURCES)
 	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) GO111MODULE=on go build \
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o $@ \
 		-ldflags '-X $(PKG)/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
-		./cmd/$(subst -,,$*)/$(subst -,_,$*).go
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		./cmd/$(subst -,,$*)
 	touch $@
 
 ./test/bin/linux_amd64/%: $(PKG_SOURCES)
 	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) GO111MODULE=on go build \
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o $@ \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
-		./test/e2e/$(subst -,,$*)/$(subst -,_,$*).go
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		./test/e2e/$(subst -,,$*)
 
 ifneq ($(ENABLE_JOURNALD), 1)
 bin/linux_amd64/log-counter:
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_JOURNALD), 1)
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o bin/log-counter \
 		-ldflags '-X $(PKG)/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
 		cmd/logcounter/log_counter.go
 else
 	echo "Warning: log-counter requires journald, skipping."
@@ -163,14 +166,14 @@ endif
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o bin/node-problem-detector \
 		-ldflags '-X $(PKG)/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
 		./cmd/nodeproblemdetector
 
 ./test/bin/problem-maker: $(PKG_SOURCES)
 	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) GOOS=linux GO111MODULE=on go build \
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o test/bin/problem-maker \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
 		./test/e2e/problemmaker/problem_maker.go
 
 ./bin/health-checker: $(PKG_SOURCES)
@@ -178,14 +181,14 @@ endif
 		-mod vendor \
 		-o bin/health-checker \
 		-ldflags '-X $(PKG)/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" \
+		-tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" \
 		cmd/healthchecker/health_checker.go
 
 test: vet fmt
-	GO111MODULE=on go test -mod vendor -timeout=1m -v -race -short -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" ./...
+	GO111MODULE=on go test -mod vendor -timeout=1m -v -race -short -tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" ./...
 
 e2e-test: vet fmt build-tar
-	GO111MODULE=on ginkgo -nodes=$(PARALLEL) -mod vendor -timeout=10m -v -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS)" -stream \
+	GO111MODULE=on ginkgo -nodes=$(PARALLEL) -mod vendor -timeout=10m -v -tags "$(LINUX_BUILD_TAGS)" -stream \
 	./test/e2e/metriconly/... -- \
 	-project=$(PROJECT) -zone=$(ZONE) \
 	-image=$(VM_IMAGE) -image-family=$(IMAGE_FAMILY) -image-project=$(IMAGE_PROJECT) \
diff --git a/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json b/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8404c2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+	"plugin": "filelog",
+	"pluginConfig": {
+		"timestamp": "^time=\"(\\S*)\"",
+		"message": "msg=\"([^\n]*)\"",
+		"timestampFormat": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999-07:00"
+	},
+	"logPath": "C:\\Program Files\\containerd\\containerd.log",
+	"lookback": "5m",
+	"bufferSize": 10,
+	"source": "docker-monitor",
+	"conditions": [],
+	"rules": [
+		{
+			"type": "temporary",
+			"reason": "BadCNIConfig",
+			"pattern": "failed to reload cni configuration.*"
+		}
+	]
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index be092546..0c44f6b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.36.0
+	github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.10.3
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0
diff --git a/pkg/systemlogmonitor/logwatchers/filelog/log_watcher_windows.go b/pkg/systemlogmonitor/logwatchers/filelog/log_watcher_windows.go
index c52c6c06..1cde8254 100644
--- a/pkg/systemlogmonitor/logwatchers/filelog/log_watcher_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/systemlogmonitor/logwatchers/filelog/log_watcher_windows.go
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 package filelog
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
+
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail"
 )
 
 // getLogReader returns log reader for filelog log. Note that getLogReader doesn't look back
 // to the rolled out logs.
 func getLogReader(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	// TODO: Support this on windows.
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not supported on windows.")
+	return tail.OpenFile(path)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fe5aa9b0..e16fd431 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ github.com/hashicorp/errwrap
 # github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v0.0.0-20171204182908-b7773ae21874
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror
 # github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0
+## explicit
 github.com/hpcloud/tail
 github.com/hpcloud/tail/ratelimiter
 github.com/hpcloud/tail/util