diff --git a/helper/wrappedstreams/streams.go b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams.go
index c1d6706e8..d3e5cf1c0 100644
--- a/helper/wrappedstreams/streams.go
+++ b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams.go
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ func Stderr() *os.File {
 	return stderr
 }
 
-// These are the wrapped streams. There doesn't appear to be a negative
-// impact of opening these files even if the file descriptor doesn't exist.
+// These are the wrapped standard streams. These are setup by the
+// platform specific code in initPlatform.
 var (
-	wrappedStdin  = os.NewFile(uintptr(3), "stdin")
-	wrappedStdout = os.NewFile(uintptr(4), "stdout")
-	wrappedStderr = os.NewFile(uintptr(5), "stderr")
+	wrappedStdin  *os.File
+	wrappedStdout *os.File
+	wrappedStderr *os.File
 )
+
+func init() {
+	// Initialize the platform-specific code
+	initPlatform()
+}
diff --git a/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_other.go b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ffa413bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package wrappedstreams
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+func initPlatform() {
+	// The standard streams are passed in via extra file descriptors.
+	wrappedStdin = os.NewFile(uintptr(3), "stdin")
+	wrappedStdout = os.NewFile(uintptr(4), "stdout")
+	wrappedStderr = os.NewFile(uintptr(5), "stderr")
+}
diff --git a/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_windows.go b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2709cc0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/wrappedstreams/streams_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package wrappedstreams
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func initPlatform() {
+	wrappedStdin = openConsole("CONIN$", os.Stdin)
+	wrappedStdout = openConsole("CONOUT$", os.Stdout)
+	wrappedStderr = wrappedStdout
+}
+
+// openConsole opens a console handle, using a backup if it fails.
+// This is used to get the exact console handle instead of the redirected
+// handles from panicwrap.
+func openConsole(name string, backup *os.File) *os.File {
+	// Convert to UTF16
+	path, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[ERROR] wrappedstreams: %s", err)
+		return backup
+	}
+
+	// Determine the share mode
+	var shareMode uint32
+	switch name {
+	case "CONIN$":
+		shareMode = syscall.FILE_SHARE_READ
+	case "CONOUT$":
+		shareMode = syscall.FILE_SHARE_WRITE
+	}
+
+	// Get the file
+	h, err := syscall.CreateFile(
+		path,
+		syscall.GENERIC_READ|syscall.GENERIC_WRITE,
+		shareMode,
+		nil,
+		syscall.OPEN_EXISTING,
+		0, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[ERROR] wrappedstreams: %s", err)
+		return backup
+	}
+
+	// Create the Go file
+	return os.NewFile(uintptr(h), name)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap/panicwrap.go b/vendor/github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap/panicwrap.go
index addb9a08e..f5ce93f0b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap/panicwrap.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap/panicwrap.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -151,7 +152,13 @@ func Wrap(c *WrapConfig) (int, error) {
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = stdout_w
 	cmd.Stderr = stderr_w
-	cmd.ExtraFiles = []*os.File{os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr}
+
+	// Windows doesn't support this, but on other platforms pass in
+	// the original file descriptors so they can be used.
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		cmd.ExtraFiles = []*os.File{os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr}
+	}
+
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return 1, err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 5a0e5b440..b4c05bd78 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -1915,10 +1915,10 @@
 			"revision": "314aad379a39f6ad5bcca278e6757d9abbb3a52e"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "wqU8bs9c+xm0f07t6ajQFWYS+rE=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "kTntIB9SdU1NsCqKwDkUr99qaj0=",
 			"path": "github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap",
-			"revision": "168f3680ad986108df63bae07da2978f51c4ac8e",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-11-14T06:37:33Z"
+			"revision": "fde185d0dfb5ecac6e6b201e8855da798ebcd76f",
+			"revisionTime": "2016-11-21T18:34:54Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"path": "github.com/mitchellh/prefixedio",