diff --git a/src/utils/DockerUtil.js b/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
index 376a2cf60..7c6bd2fd5 100644
--- a/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ var DockerUtil = {
 
     if (ip.indexOf('local') !== -1) {
       try {
-        this.client = new dockerode({socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock'});
+        if (util.isWindows()) {
+          this.client = new dockerode({
+            protocol: 'http',
+            host: ip,
+            port: 2375
+          });
+        } else {
+          this.client = new dockerode({socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock'});
+        }
       } catch (error) {
         throw new Error('Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the daemon running?');
       }
diff --git a/src/utils/SetupUtil.js b/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
index b6932a8f7..105c74a44 100644
--- a/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
@@ -69,12 +69,7 @@ export default {
     while (true) {
       try {
         if (util.isNative()) {
-          let stats = fs.statSync('/var/run/docker.sock');
-          if (stats.isSocket()) {
-            await this.nativeSetup();
-          } else {
-            throw new Error('File found is not a socket');
-          }
+          await this.nativeSetup();
         } else {
           await this.nonNativeSetup();
         }
diff --git a/src/utils/Util.js b/src/utils/Util.js
index 7c13bb8b8..813d3b9ff 100644
--- a/src/utils/Util.js
+++ b/src/utils/Util.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import electron from 'electron';
+import request from 'request';
 const remote = electron.remote;
 const dialog = remote.dialog;
 const app = remote.app;
@@ -40,15 +41,29 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   isNative: function () {
     if (this.native === null) {
-      try {
-        // Check if file exists
-        fs.statSync('/var/run/docker.sock');
-        this.native = true;
-      } catch (e) {
-        if (this.isLinux()) {
-          this.native = true;
-        } else {
-          this.native = false;
+      if (this.isWindows()) {
+        this.native = request.get({
+          url: `http://docker.local:2375/version`
+        }, (error, response) => {
+          if (error !== null || response.statusCode !== 200 ) {
+            return false;
+          } else {
+            return true;
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        try {
+          // Check if file exists
+          let stats = fs.statSync('/var/run/docker.sock');
+          if (stats.isSocket()) {
+            this.native = true;
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (this.isLinux()) {
+            this.native = true;
+          } else {
+            this.native = false;
+          }
         }
       }
     }