diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py b/lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py
index 95ab640ded2..1b615473e00 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class AdHocCLI(CLI):
         return True
 
     def _play_ds(self, pattern, async, poll):
-        check_raw = self.options.module_name in ('command', 'shell', 'script', 'raw')
+        check_raw = self.options.module_name in ('command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'script', 'raw')
         return dict(
             name = "Ansible Ad-Hoc",
             hosts = pattern,
diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 0cc4c343dc3..606fb3c194d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ COLOR_DIFF_LINES  = get_config(p, 'colors', 'diff_lines', 'ANSIBLE_COLOR_DIFF_LI
 DIFF_CONTEXT = get_config(p, 'diff', 'context', 'ANSIBLE_DIFF_CONTEXT', 3, integer=True)
 
 # non-configurable things
-MODULE_REQUIRE_ARGS       = ['command', 'shell', 'raw', 'script']
-MODULE_NO_JSON            = ['command', 'shell', 'raw']
+MODULE_REQUIRE_ARGS       = ['command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'raw', 'script']
+MODULE_NO_JSON            = ['command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'raw']
 DEFAULT_BECOME_PASS       = None
 DEFAULT_SUDO_PASS         = None
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_PASS       = None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
index dbe85b0bad4..a311156ae9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ from ansible.template import Templar
 # For filtering out modules correctly below
 RAW_PARAM_MODULES = ([
     'command',
+    'win_command',
     'shell',
+    'win_shell',
     'script',
     'include',
     'include_vars',
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
 
         # only internal variables can start with an underscore, so
         # we don't allow users to set them directy in arguments
-        if args and action not in ('command', 'shell', 'script', 'raw'):
+        if args and action not in ('command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'script', 'raw'):
             for arg in args:
                 if arg.startswith('_ansible_'):
                     raise AnsibleError("invalid parameter specified for action '%s': '%s'" % (action, arg))
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
             args = thing
         elif isinstance(thing, string_types):
             # form is like: local_action: copy src=a dest=b ... pretty common
-            check_raw = action in ('command', 'shell', 'script', 'raw')
+            check_raw = action in ('command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'script', 'raw')
             args = parse_kv(thing, check_raw=check_raw)
         elif thing is None:
             # this can happen with modules which take no params, like ping:
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
         action = None
         args = None
 
-        actions_allowing_raw = ('command', 'shell', 'script', 'raw')
+        actions_allowing_raw = ('command', 'win_command', 'shell', 'win_shell', 'script', 'raw')
         if isinstance(thing, dict):
             # form is like:  copy: { src: 'a', dest: 'b' } ... common for structured (aka "complex") args
             thing = thing.copy()
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_win_command/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_win_command/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98f39b3c27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_win_command/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+- name: execute a command
+  win_command: whoami /groups
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|success
+    - cmdout|changed
+    - cmdout.cmd == 'whoami /groups'
+    - cmdout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.rc == 0
+    - cmdout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.stderr == ""
+    - cmdout.stdout is search('GROUP INFORMATION')
+    - '"GROUP INFORMATION" in cmdout.stdout_lines'
+    - cmdout.warnings == []
+
+- name: execute something nonexistent
+  win_command: bogus_command1234
+  register: cmdout
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|failed
+    - not cmdout|changed
+    - cmdout.cmd == 'bogus_command1234'
+    - cmdout.rc == 2
+    - cmdout.msg is search('cannot find the file specified')
+
+- name: execute something with error output
+  win_command: cmd /c "echo some output & echo some error 1>&2"
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|success
+    - cmdout|changed
+    - cmdout.cmd == 'cmd /c "echo some output & echo some error 1>&2"'
+    - cmdout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.rc == 0
+    - cmdout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - cmdout.stderr is search('some error')
+    - cmdout.stdout == "some output \r\n"
+    - cmdout.stdout_lines == ["some output "]
+    - cmdout.warnings == []
+
+- name: ensure test file is absent
+  win_file:
+    path: c:\testfile.txt
+    state: absent
+
+- name: run with creates, should create
+  win_command: cmd /c "echo $null >> c:\testfile.txt"
+  args:
+    creates: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|success
+    - cmdout|changed
+
+- name: run again with creates, should skip
+  win_command: cmd /c "echo $null >> c:\testfile.txt"
+  args:
+    creates: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|skipped
+    - cmdout.msg is search('exists')
+
+- name: ensure testfile is still present
+  win_stat:
+    path: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: statout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - statout.stat.exists == true
+
+- name: run with removes, should remove
+  win_command: cmd /c "del c:\testfile.txt"
+  args:
+    removes: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|success
+    - cmdout|changed
+
+- name: run again with removes, should skip
+  win_command: cmd /c "del c:\testfile.txt"
+  args:
+    removes: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: cmdout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|skipped
+    - cmdout.msg is search('does not exist')
+
+- name: run something with known nonzero exit code
+  win_command: cmd /c "exit 254"
+  register: cmdout
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - cmdout|failed
+    - cmdout.rc == 254
+
+- name: write large buffer to stdout
+  win_command: powershell /c "$ba = New-Object byte[] 16384; (New-Object System.Random 32).NextBytes($ba); [Convert]::ToBase64String($ba) | Write-Output"
+  register: cmdout
+
+# TODO: fix small buffer deadlock on large write to stderr before stdout has been consumed
+#- name: write large buffer to stderr
+#  win_shell: $ba = New-Object byte[] 16384; (New-Object System.Random 32).NextBytes($ba); [Convert]::ToBase64String($ba) | Write-Error; Write-Output test
+#  register: cmdout
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_win_shell/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_win_shell/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12e9870b9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_win_shell/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+- name: execute a powershell cmdlet
+  win_shell: Write-Output "hello from Ansible"
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+    - shellout.cmd == 'Write-Output "hello from Ansible"'
+    - shellout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.rc == 0
+    - shellout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.stderr == ""
+    - shellout.stdout == "hello from Ansible\r\n"
+    - shellout.stdout_lines == ["hello from Ansible"]
+    - shellout.warnings == []
+
+- name: execute a powershell cmdlet with multi-line output
+  win_shell: Write-Output "hello from Ansible"; Write-Output "another line"; Write-Output "yet another line"
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+    - shellout.cmd == 'Write-Output "hello from Ansible"; Write-Output "another line"; Write-Output "yet another line"'
+    - shellout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.rc == 0
+    - shellout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.stderr == ""
+    - shellout.stdout == "hello from Ansible\r\nanother line\r\nyet another line\r\n"
+    - shellout.stdout_lines == ["hello from Ansible","another line", "yet another line"]
+    - shellout.warnings == []
+
+- name: execute something nonexistent
+  win_shell: bogus_command1234
+  register: shellout
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|failed
+    - shellout|changed
+    - shellout.cmd == 'bogus_command1234'
+    - shellout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.rc == 1
+    - shellout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.stderr is search('not recognized')
+    - shellout.stdout == ""
+    - shellout.stdout_lines == []
+    - shellout.warnings == []
+
+- name: execute something with error output
+  win_shell: Write-Error "it broke"; Write-Output "some output"
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+    - shellout.cmd == 'Write-Error "it broke"; Write-Output "some output"'
+    - shellout.delta is match('^\d:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.end is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.rc == 0
+    - shellout.start is match('^(\d){4}\-(\d){2}\-(\d){2} (\d){2}:(\d){2}:(\d){2}.(\d){6}$')
+    - shellout.stderr is search('it broke')
+    - shellout.stdout == "some output\r\n"
+    - shellout.stdout_lines == ["some output"]
+    - shellout.warnings == []
+
+- name: ensure test file is absent
+  win_file:
+    path: c:\testfile.txt
+    state: absent
+
+- name: run with creates, should create
+  win_shell: echo $null >> c:\testfile.txt
+  args:
+    creates: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+
+- name: run again with creates, should skip
+  win_shell: echo $null >> c:\testfile.txt
+  args:
+    creates: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|skipped
+    - shellout.msg is search('exists')
+
+- name: ensure testfile is still present
+  win_stat:
+    path: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: statout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - statout.stat.exists == true
+
+- name: run with removes, should remove
+  win_shell: Remove-Item c:\testfile.txt
+  args:
+    removes: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+
+- name: run again with removes, should skip
+  win_shell: echo $null >> c:\testfile.txt
+  args:
+    removes: c:\testfile.txt
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|skipped
+    - shellout.msg is search('does not exist')
+
+- name: run something with known nonzero exit code
+  win_shell: exit 254
+  register: shellout
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|failed
+    - shellout.rc == 254
+
+- name: run something via cmd that will fail in powershell
+  win_shell: echo line1 & echo.line2
+  args:
+    executable: cmd
+  register: shellout
+
+- name: validate result
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - shellout|success
+    - shellout|changed
+    - shellout.rc == 0
+    - shellout.stdout == "line1 \r\nline2\r\n"
+    - shellout.stdout_lines == ["line1 ", "line2"]
+    - shellout.stderr == ""
+
+- name: write large buffer to stdout
+  win_shell: $ba = New-Object byte[] 16384; (New-Object System.Random 32).NextBytes($ba); [Convert]::ToBase64String($ba) | Write-Output
+  register: shellout
+
+# TODO: fix small buffer deadlock on large write to stderr before stdout has been consumed
+#- name: write large buffer to stderr
+#  win_shell: $ba = New-Object byte[] 16384; (New-Object System.Random 32).NextBytes($ba); [Convert]::ToBase64String($ba) | Write-Error; Write-Output test
+#  register: shellout
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml b/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
index 7ade0cb1229..43afe1c4461 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
+++ b/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
     - { role: test_win_feature, tags: test_win_feature }
     - { role: test_win_user, tags: test_win_user }
     - { role: test_win_async_wrapper, tags: test_win_async_wrapper }
+    - { role: test_win_shell, tags: test_win_shell }
+    - { role: test_win_command, tags: test_win_command }