diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b7fc997..4c88a7b 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,49 @@ trigger:
     - "refs/tags/**"
     - "refs/pull/**"
 
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: vm
+name: windows-1809
+
+pool:
+  use: windows
+
+platform:
+  os: windows
+  arch: amd64
+
+steps:
+  - name: go build
+    image: golang:1.19
+    environment:
+      CGO_ENABLED: 0
+    commands:
+      - go build -o release/windows/amd64/buildx-gar.exe ./cmd/drone-buildx-gar
+  - name: build gar plugin
+    image: plugins/docker:20.17.4-windows-1809-amd64
+    settings:
+      dockerfile: docker/gar/Dockerfile.windows.amd64.1809
+      repo: plugins/buildx-gar
+      username:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+      password:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+      auto_tag: true
+      auto_tag_suffix: windows-1809-amd64
+      purge: false
+    when:
+      event: [push, tag]
+
+depends_on:
+  - testing
+
+trigger:
+  ref:
+    - refs/heads/main
+    - refs/tags/*
+    - "refs/pull/**"
+
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 type: vm
diff --git a/docker/gar/Dockerfile.windows.amd64.1809  b/docker/gar/Dockerfile.windows.amd64.1809 
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2175540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gar/Dockerfile.windows.amd64.1809 	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# escape=`
+FROM plugins/buildx:windows-1809-amd64
+
+LABEL maintainer="Drone.IO Community <drone-dev@googlegroups.com>" `
+  org.label-schema.name="Drone GAR" `
+  org.label-schema.vendor="Drone.IO Community" `
+  org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
+
+ADD release/windows/amd64/buildx-gar.exe C:/bin/buildx-gar.exe
+ENTRYPOINT [ "C:\\bin\\buildx-gar.exe" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/gar/manifest.tmpl b/docker/gar/manifest.tmpl
index 3d8c3a4..3be9fda 100644
--- a/docker/gar/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/docker/gar/manifest.tmpl
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ manifests:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux
       variant: v8
+  -
+    image: plugins/buildx-gar:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}-{{/if}}windows-1809-amd64
+    platform:
+      architecture: amd64
+      os: windows
+      version: 1809
   -
     image: plugins/buildx-gar:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}-{{/if}}windows-ltsc2022-amd64
     platform: