diff --git a/bypy/linux/__main__.py b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
index 0f1728b6a0..f2794f9713 100644
--- a/bypy/linux/__main__.py
+++ b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def binary_includes():
         ] + list(map(
             get_dll_path,
             ('usb-1.0 mtp expat sqlite3 ffi z poppler dbus-1 iconv xml2 xslt jpeg png16'
-             ' webp webpmux webpdemux exslt ncursesw readline chm'
+             ' webp webpmux webpdemux exslt ncursesw readline chm hunspell-1.7'
              ' icudata icui18n icuuc icuio gcrypt gpg-error'
              ' gobject-2.0 glib-2.0 gthread-2.0 gmodule-2.0 gio-2.0 dbus-glib-1').split()
         )) + [
diff --git a/bypy/macos/__main__.py b/bypy/macos/__main__.py
index 2b632a9d34..9a1e648fc9 100644
--- a/bypy/macos/__main__.py
+++ b/bypy/macos/__main__.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class Freeze(object):
     @flush
     def add_misc_libraries(self):
         for x in (
-                'usb-1.0.0', 'mtp.9', 'chm.0', 'sqlite3.0',
+                'usb-1.0.0', 'mtp.9', 'chm.0', 'sqlite3.0', 'hunspell-1.7.0',
                 'icudata.64', 'icui18n.64', 'icuio.64', 'icuuc.64',
                 'xslt.1', 'exslt.0', 'xml2.2', 'z.1', 'unrar',
                 'crypto.1.0.0', 'ssl.1.0.0', 'iconv.2',  # 'ltdl.7'
diff --git a/bypy/sources.json b/bypy/sources.json
index 8b07ddf40e..cfe4d42b05 100644
--- a/bypy/sources.json
+++ b/bypy/sources.json
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@
             "filename": "hunspell-1.7.0.tar.gz",
             "hash": "sha256:57be4e03ae9dd62c3471f667a0d81a14513e314d4d92081292b90435944ff951",
             "urls": ["https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/files/2573619/{filename}"]
+        },
+        "windows": {
+            "filename": "hunspell-1.7.0.zip",
+            "hash": "sha256:7089cc01ffd9122c960e1f8c7930a75be989ca4e9468773cef1b0a655bfb4368",
+            "urls": ["https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/archive/v1.7.0.zip"]
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/setup/build_environment.py b/setup/build_environment.py
index de4ea9644b..f0a57b3ff3 100644
--- a/setup/build_environment.py
+++ b/setup/build_environment.py
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ if iswindows:
     ft_lib_dirs = [sw_lib_dir]
     ft_libs = ['freetype']
     ft_inc_dirs = [os.path.join(sw_inc_dir, 'freetype2'), sw_inc_dir]
+    hunspell_inc_dirs = [os.path.join(sw_inc_dir, 'hunspell')]
+    hunspell_lib_dirs = [sw_lib_dir]
     zlib_inc_dirs = [sw_inc_dir]
     zlib_lib_dirs = [sw_lib_dir]
     podofo_inc = os.path.join(sw_inc_dir, 'podofo')
diff --git a/setup/extensions.json b/setup/extensions.json
index 0720cb3976..a484d04ddd 100644
--- a/setup/extensions.json
+++ b/setup/extensions.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         "sources": "calibre/utils/spell/hunspell_wrapper.cpp",
         "inc_dirs": "!hunspell_inc_dirs",
         "lib_dirs": "!hunspell_lib_dirs",
-        "libraries": "hunspell",
+        "libraries": "hunspell-1.7",
+        "windows_libraries": "libhunspell",
 		"needs_c++11": true
     },
     {