diff --git a/polyfile/repl.py b/polyfile/repl.py
index 9c0b170c..882409bf 100644
--- a/polyfile/repl.py
+++ b/polyfile/repl.py
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import partial, wraps
 from io import StringIO
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
-import readline
 import sys
 import traceback
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
+if os.name == "posix":
+    import readline
+else:
+    import pyreadline3 as readline
+
 from .logger import getStatusLogger
 
 log = getStatusLogger("polyfile")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 49a4a6fd..e43dd15d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -121,16 +121,17 @@ def update(self, n: int):
     packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests",)),
     python_requires='>=3.7',
     install_requires=[
-        'cint',
-        'graphviz',
-        'intervaltree',
-        'jinja2',
-        'kaitaistruct>=0.7',
-        'networkx',
-        'pdfminer.six',  # currently just for ascii85decode
-        'Pillow>=5.0.0',
-        'pyyaml>=3.13',
-        'setuptools'
+        "cint",
+        "graphviz",
+        "intervaltree",
+        "jinja2",
+        "kaitaistruct>=0.7",
+        "networkx",
+        "pdfminer.six",
+        "Pillow>=5.0.0",
+        "pyreadline3;platform_system=='Windows'",
+        "pyyaml>=3.13",
+        "setuptools"
     ],
     extras_require={
         'demangle': ['cxxfilt'],