diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
index 170e97cdb8e..b091c2b6f8b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ $packageparams = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "params" -type "str"
 $allowemptychecksums = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "allow_empty_checksums" -type "bool" -default $false
 $ignorechecksums = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "ignore_checksums" -type "bool" -default $false
 $ignoredependencies = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "ignore_dependencies" -type "bool" -default $false
+$allowprerelease = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "allow_prerelease" -type "bool" -default $false
 $skipscripts = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "skip_scripts" -type "bool" -default $false
 $proxy_url = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "proxy_url" -type "str"
 $proxy_username = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "proxy_username" -type "str"
 $proxy_password = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "proxy_password" -type "str" -failifempty ($proxy_username -ne $null)
 
 $result = @{
-    changed = $false
+    changed = $false 
 }
 
 if ($upgrade)
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ Function Choco-Upgrade
         [bool] $ignorechecksums,
         [bool] $ignoredependencies,
         [bool] $allowdowngrade,
+        [bool] $allowprerelease,
         [string] $proxy_url,
         [string] $proxy_username,
         [string] $proxy_password
@@ -261,6 +263,11 @@ Function Choco-Upgrade
         $options += "--allow-downgrade"
     }
 
+    if ($allowprerelease)
+    {
+        $options += "--prerelease"
+    }
+
     if ($proxy_url)
     {
         $options += "--proxy=`"'$proxy_url'`""
@@ -326,6 +333,7 @@ Function Choco-Install
         [bool] $ignorechecksums,
         [bool] $ignoredependencies,
         [bool] $allowdowngrade,
+        [bool] $allowprerelease,
         [string] $proxy_url,
         [string] $proxy_username,
         [string] $proxy_password
@@ -340,7 +348,8 @@ Function Choco-Install
                 -packageparams $packageparams -allowemptychecksums $allowemptychecksums `
                 -ignorechecksums $ignorechecksums -ignoredependencies $ignoredependencies `
                 -allowdowngrade $allowdowngrade -proxy_url $proxy_url `
-                -proxy_username $proxy_username -proxy_password $proxy_password
+                -proxy_username $proxy_username -proxy_password $proxy_password `
+                -allowprerelease $allowprerelease
             return
         }
         elseif (-not $force)
@@ -386,6 +395,11 @@ Function Choco-Install
         $options += "--allow-empty-checksums"
     }
 
+    if ($allowprerelease)
+    {
+        $options += "--prerelease"
+    }
+
     if ($ignorechecksums)
     {
         $options += "--ignore-checksums"
@@ -529,7 +543,8 @@ if ($state -in ("downgrade", "latest", "present", "reinstalled")) {
         -packageparams $packageparams -allowemptychecksums $allowemptychecksums `
         -ignorechecksums $ignorechecksums -ignoredependencies $ignoredependencies `
         -allowdowngrade ($state -eq "downgrade") -proxy_url $proxy_url `
-        -proxy_username $proxy_username -proxy_password $proxy_password
+        -proxy_username $proxy_username -proxy_password $proxy_password `
+        -allowprerelease $allowprerelease
 }
 
 Exit-Json -obj $result
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.py
index 30122fbc007..875e6b6141d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.py
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ options:
       - See notes in C(proxy_username) when dealing with double quotes in a
         password.
     version_added: '2.4'
+  allow_prerelease:
+    description:
+      - Allow install of prerelease packages.
+      - If state C(state) is C(latest) the highest prerelease package will be installed.
+    type: bool
+    default: 'no'
+    version_added: '2.6'
 notes:
 - Provide the C(version) parameter value as a string (e.g. C('6.1')), otherwise it
   is considered to be a floating-point number and depending on the locale could