diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
index 74c067766..d5c226028 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ sourceSets.test {
 		]
 }
 
+def osName = System.getProperty('os.name')
+def isWindows = osName.startsWith('Windows ')
+
 task downloadDroidBench(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 	src 'https://codeload.github.com/secure-software-engineering/DroidBench/zip/DroidBench_2.0'
 	dest "$temporaryDir/DroidBench_2.0.zip"
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ task unpackDroidBench(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadDroidBench) {
 
 task downloadAndroidSdk(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 	def sdkOs
-	switch (System.getProperty('os.name')) {
+	switch (osName) {
 		case ~/Linux/:
 			sdkOs = 'linux'
 			checksum '444e22ce8ca0f67353bda4b85175ed3731cae3ffa695ca18119cbacef1c1bea0'
@@ -53,9 +56,12 @@ task unpackAndroidSdk(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadAndroidSdk) {
 // TODO: factor out common code in installAndroidBuildTools and installAndroidPlatforms
 task installAndroidBuildTools(type: Exec, dependsOn: unpackAndroidSdk) {
 	def androidSdk = files(unpackAndroidSdk).singleFile
-	def manager = "$androidSdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager"
+	def manager = new File(androidSdk, 'tools/bin/sdkmanager')
 	ext.version = '26.0.2'
-	commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes 2>/dev/null | $manager build-tools\\;$version >/dev/null"
+	if (isWindows)
+		commandLine 'PowerShell', '-Command', "echo y | $manager build-tools`;$version >\$null"
+	else
+		commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes 2>/dev/null | $manager build-tools\\;$version >/dev/null"
 	inputs.dir "$androidSdk/tools"
 	outputs.dir "$androidSdk/build-tools"
 }
@@ -67,10 +73,13 @@ task copyDxJar(type: Sync, dependsOn: installAndroidBuildTools) {
 
 // TODO: factor out common code in installAndroidBuildTools and installAndroidPlatforms
 task installAndroidPlatforms(type: Exec, dependsOn: unpackAndroidSdk) {
-	def manager = "${files(unpackAndroidSdk).singleFile}/tools/bin/sdkmanager"
-	ext.version = "android-${installAndroidBuildTools.version.tokenize('.')[0]}"
-	commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes 2>/dev/null | $manager platforms\\;$version >/dev/null"
 	def androidSdk = files(unpackAndroidSdk).singleFile
+	def manager = new File(androidSdk, 'tools/bin/sdkmanager')
+	ext.version = "android-${installAndroidBuildTools.version.tokenize('.')[0]}"
+	if (isWindows)
+		commandLine 'PowerShell', '-Command', "echo y | $manager platforms`;$version >\$null"
+	else
+		commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes 2>/dev/null | $manager platforms\\;$version >/dev/null"
 	inputs.dir "$androidSdk/tools"
 	outputs.dir "$androidSdk/platforms"
 }