diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
index e144beb27b..c41a9310a9 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ func testArchive(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 
 		when("hard link files are present", func() {
 			it.Before(func() {
-				h.SkipIf(t, runtime.GOOS == "windows", "Skipping on windows")
 				src = filepath.Join("testdata", "dir-to-tar-with-hardlink")
 				// create a hard link
 				err := os.Link(filepath.Join(src, "original-file"), filepath.Join(src, "original-file-2"))
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
index 42c1b1f19b..4452897480 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func hasHardlinks(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
-	return false
+	return fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Nlink > 1
 }
 
 func getInodeFromStat(stat interface{}) (inode uint64, err error) {
+	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if ok {
+		inode = s.Ino
+	}
 	return
 }