diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index 07c295376f..ad6f68f187 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -131,9 +131,32 @@ static void quit_handler(int sig)
      * unless all log/pid files are on unfreezable filesystems. there's
      * also a very likely chance killing the agent before unfreezing
      * the filesystems is a mistake (or will be viewed as one later).
+     * On Windows the freeze interval is limited to 10 seconds, so
+     * we should quit, but first we should wait for the timeout, thaw
+     * the filesystem and quit.
      */
     if (ga_is_frozen(ga_state)) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        int i = 0;
+        Error *err = NULL;
+        HANDLE hEventTimeout;
+
+        g_debug("Thawing filesystems before exiting");
+
+        hEventTimeout = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, EVENT_NAME_TIMEOUT);
+        if (hEventTimeout) {
+            WaitForSingleObject(hEventTimeout, 0);
+            CloseHandle(hEventTimeout);
+        }
+        qga_vss_fsfreeze(&i, false, &err);
+        if (err) {
+            g_debug("Error unfreezing filesystems prior to exiting: %s",
+                error_get_pretty(err));
+            error_free(err);
+        }
+#else
         return;
+#endif
     }
     g_debug("received signal num %d, quitting", sig);
 
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32.h b/qga/vss-win32.h
index 51d303a8f6..4f8e39aa5c 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32.h
+++ b/qga/vss-win32.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef VSS_WIN32_H
 #define VSS_WIN32_H
 
+#include "qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h"
 
 bool vss_init(bool init_requester);
 void vss_deinit(bool deinit_requester);
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/vss-common.h b/qga/vss-win32/vss-common.h
index c81a8564b2..61c170b52e 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/vss-common.h
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/vss-common.h
@@ -51,21 +51,12 @@
  * http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23490
  */
 #include <inc/win2003/vss.h>
+#include "vss-handles.h"
 
 /* Macros to convert char definitions to wchar */
 #define _L(a) L##a
 #define L(a) _L(a)
 
-/* Constants for QGA VSS Provider */
-
-#define QGA_PROVIDER_NAME "QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider"
-#define QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME L(QGA_PROVIDER_NAME)
-#define QGA_PROVIDER_VERSION L(QEMU_VERSION)
-
-#define EVENT_NAME_FROZEN  "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-frozen"
-#define EVENT_NAME_THAW    "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-thaw"
-#define EVENT_NAME_TIMEOUT "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-timeout"
-
 const GUID g_gProviderId = { 0x3629d4ed, 0xee09, 0x4e0e,
     {0x9a, 0x5c, 0x6d, 0x8b, 0xa2, 0x87, 0x2a, 0xef} };
 const GUID g_gProviderVersion = { 0x11ef8b15, 0xcac6, 0x40d6,
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h b/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff399dd73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef VSS_HANDLES
+#define VSS_HANDLES
+
+/* Constants for QGA VSS Provider */
+
+#define QGA_PROVIDER_NAME "QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider"
+#define QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME L(QGA_PROVIDER_NAME)
+#define QGA_PROVIDER_VERSION L(QEMU_VERSION)
+
+#define EVENT_NAME_FROZEN  "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-frozen"
+#define EVENT_NAME_THAW    "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-thaw"
+#define EVENT_NAME_TIMEOUT "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-timeout"
+
+#endif