diff --git a/bin/node-lambda b/bin/node-lambda
index ad755f49..95ada64a 100755
--- a/bin/node-lambda
+++ b/bin/node-lambda
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var AWS_TIMEOUT = process.env.AWS_TIMEOUT || 60;
 var AWS_DESCRIPTION = process.env.AWS_DESCRIPTION || '';
 var AWS_RUNTIME = process.env.AWS_RUNTIME || 'nodejs';
 var AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION = process.env.AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION || '';
+var LOCAL_WIN_PLATFORM = !!process.env.LOCAL_WIN_PLATFORM;
 var EVENT_FILE = process.env.EVENT_FILE || 'event.json';
 
 program
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ program
   .option('-d, --description [' + AWS_DESCRIPTION + ']', 'Lambda Description', AWS_DESCRIPTION)
   .option('-u, --runtime [' + AWS_RUNTIME + ']', 'Lambda Runtime', AWS_RUNTIME)
   .option('-v, --version [' + AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION + ']', 'Lambda Function Version', AWS_FUNCTION_VERSION)
+  .option('-w, --win-platform [' + LOCAL_WIN_PLATFORM.toString() + ']', 'Is your local machine under Windows OS', LOCAL_WIN_PLATFORM)
   .option('-f, --configFile [' + CONFIG_FILE + ']',
     'Path to file holding secret environment variables (e.g. "deploy.env")', CONFIG_FILE)
   .action(function (prg) {
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 8e147765..2ae90b5b 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var os = require('os');
 var packageJson = require('./../package.json');
 var path = require('path');
+var ncp = require('ncp');
 var async = require('async');
+var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 var zip = new require('node-zip')();
 var wrench = require('wrench');
 var dotenv = require('dotenv');
@@ -97,22 +99,78 @@ Lambda.prototype._zipfileTmpPath = function (program) {
 };
 
 Lambda.prototype._rsync = function (program, codeDirectory, callback) {
-  exec('rsync -r --exclude=.git --exclude=*.log --exclude=node_modules . ' + codeDirectory, function (err) {
+  ncp.limit = 16;
+  var options = { filter : /^((?!\.idea|.git|.env|node_modules|^(.*?)\.log).)*$/i }; // filter out files
+
+  ncp(process.cwd(), codeDirectory, options, function (err) {
     if (err) {
-      throw err;
+      console.error(err);
+      return callback(err)
     }
+    return callback(null, true);
+  });
+};
+
+Lambda.prototype._replaceNative = function (program, codeDirectory, callback) {
+  var _this = this;
+  var nativesDir = codeDirectory + '/native_packages';
+  var modulesDir = codeDirectory + '/node_modules';
 
+  async.waterfall([
+    function (taskCallback) {
+      fs.readdir(nativesDir, taskCallback);
+    },
+    function (contents, taskCallback) {
+      async.filter(
+          contents,
+          function (element, filterCallback) {
+            return fs.stat(path.join(nativesDir, element), function (err, stats) {
+              filterCallback(stats.isDirectory())
+            });
+          },
+          function (dirs) {
+            return taskCallback(null, dirs);
+          }
+      );
+    },
+    function (dirs, taskCallback) {
+      var dirIndex = 0;
+      async.whilst(
+          function () {
+            return dirIndex < dirs.length;
+          },
+          function (whilstCallback) {
+            rimraf(path.join(modulesDir, dirs[dirIndex]), whilstCallback);
+            dirIndex++;
+          },
+          taskCallback
+      );
+    },
+    function (taskCallback) {
+      ncp(codeDirectory + '/native_packages', codeDirectory + '/node_modules', taskCallback);
+    }
+  ], function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error(err);
+      return callback(err)
+    }
     return callback(null, true);
   });
+
 };
 
 Lambda.prototype._npmInstall = function (program, codeDirectory, callback) {
-  exec('npm install --production --prefix ' + codeDirectory, function (err) {
+  var _this = this;
+  exec('npm install --production --msvs_version=2015 --prefix ' + codeDirectory, function (err) {
     if (err) {
       throw err;
     }
 
-    return callback(null, true);
+    if (program.winPlatform) {
+      _this._replaceNative(program, codeDirectory, callback)
+    } else {
+      return callback(null, true);
+    }
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a76904e..0eef88be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1.24",
     "commander": "^2.5.0",
     "dotenv": "^0.4.0",
+    "ncp": "~2.0.0",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.2",
     "node-zip": "^1.1.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.2.8",