diff --git a/build-aux/cargo.py b/build-aux/cargo.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1b8130b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/cargo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import os
+import shutil
+
+env = os.environ
+
+MESON_BUILD_ROOT=sys.argv[1]
+MESON_SOURCE_ROOT=sys.argv[2]
+CARGO_TARGET_DIR = os.path.join (MESON_BUILD_ROOT, "target")
+env["CARGO_TARGET_DIR"] = CARGO_TARGET_DIR
+CARGO_HOME = os.path.join (CARGO_TARGET_DIR, "cargo-home")
+env["CARGO_HOME"] = CARGO_HOME
+OUTPUT=sys.argv[3]
+BUILDTYPE=sys.argv[4]
+APP_BIN=sys.argv[5]
+
+
+if BUILDTYPE  == "release":
+    print("RELEASE MODE")
+    CMD = ['cargo', 'build', '--manifest-path', os.path.join(MESON_SOURCE_ROOT, 'Cargo.toml'), '--release']
+    subprocess.run(CMD, env=env)
+    shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(CARGO_TARGET_DIR, "release", APP_BIN), OUTPUT)
+else:
+    print("DEBUG MODE")
+    CMD = ['cargo', 'build', '--manifest-path', os.path.join(MESON_SOURCE_ROOT, 'Cargo.toml')]
+    subprocess.run(CMD, env=env)
+    shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(CARGO_TARGET_DIR, "debug", APP_BIN), OUTPUT)
+
+
diff --git a/build-aux/cargo.sh b/build-aux/cargo.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index caec9ac..0000000
--- a/build-aux/cargo.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-export MESON_BUILD_ROOT="$1"
-export MESON_SOURCE_ROOT="$2"
-export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="$MESON_BUILD_ROOT"/target
-export CARGO_HOME="$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"/cargo-home
-export OUTPUT="$3"
-export BUILDTYPE="$4"
-export APP_BIN="$5"
-
-
-if [ $BUILDTYPE = "release" ]
-then
-    echo "RELEASE MODE"
-    cargo build --manifest-path \
-        "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT"/Cargo.toml --release && \
-        cp "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"/release/"$APP_BIN" "$OUTPUT"
-else
-    echo "DEBUG MODE"
-    cargo build --manifest-path \
-        "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT"/Cargo.toml && \
-        cp "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"/debug/"$APP_BIN" "$OUTPUT"
-fi
-
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9aa725f..cbba514 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ python_mod = import('python')
 python3 = python_mod.find_installation()
 current_date = run_command(python3, '-c', 'import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), end ="")').stdout()
 i18n = import('i18n')
+host_system = host_machine.system()
 
 dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.66')
 dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.66')
@@ -69,5 +70,6 @@ meson.add_dist_script(
   meson.source_root(),
   join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'meson-dist', meson.project_name() + '-' + version)
 )
-
-meson.add_install_script('build-aux/meson/postinstall.py')
+if host_system == 'linux'
+  meson.add_install_script('build-aux/meson/postinstall.py')
+endif
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 434261e..6bf39d6 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ rust_sources = files(
 
 sources = [cargo_sources, rust_sources]
 
-cargo_script = find_program(join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'build-aux/cargo.sh'))
+cargo_script = find_program(join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'build-aux/cargo.py'))
+
+app_name = meson.project_name()
+if host_system == 'windows'
+  app_name += '.exe'
+endif
+
 cargo_release = custom_target(
   'cargo-build',
   build_by_default: true,
   input: sources,
-  output: meson.project_name(),
+  output: app_name,
   console: true,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
@@ -54,6 +60,6 @@ cargo_release = custom_target(
     meson.source_root(),
     '@OUTPUT@',
     get_option('buildtype'),
-    meson.project_name(),
+    app_name,
   ]
 )