diff --git a/addons/README.md b/addons/README.md
index eadeb26..b40c9c5 100644
--- a/addons/README.md
+++ b/addons/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Implements support for ftp file servers. Requires `curl` in the system path.
 **home-label**  
 Replaces the user's home directory in the directory header with `~/`.
 
+**win-root**  
+Automatically populates the root with windows drives.
+
 **url-decode**  
 Decodes URL directories to make them more readable. Does not decode the names of items in the list.
 
diff --git a/addons/winroot.lua b/addons/winroot.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338b7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/winroot.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+--[[
+    Automatically populates the root with windows drives on startup.
+    Ctrl+r will add new drives mounted since startup.
+
+    Drives will only be added if they are not already present in the root.
+
+    Available at: https://github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv-file-browser/tree/master/addons
+]]
+
+local mp = require 'mp'
+local msg = require 'mp.msg'
+local fb = require 'file-browser'
+
+-- returns a list of windows drives
+local function get_drives()
+    local result = mp.command_native({
+        name = 'subprocess',
+        playback_only = false,
+        capture_stdout = true,
+        args = {'wmic', 'logicaldisk', 'get', 'caption'}
+    })
+    if result.status ~= 0 then return msg.error('could not read windows root') end
+
+    local root = {}
+    for drive in result.stdout:gmatch("%a:") do
+        table.insert(root, drive..'/')
+    end
+    return root
+end
+
+-- returns true if the given drive is in the given root list
+local function in_root(drive, root)
+    for _, item in ipairs(root) do
+        if item.name == drive then return true end
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
+-- adds windows drives to the root if they are not already present
+local function import_drives()
+    local drives = get_drives()
+    local root = fb.get_root()
+
+    for _, drive in ipairs(drives) do
+        if not in_root(drive, root) then
+            fb.insert_root_item({ name = drive })
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+local keybind = {
+    key = 'Ctrl+r',
+    name = 'import_root_drives',
+    command = import_drives,
+    parser = 'root',
+    passthrough = true
+}
+
+return {
+    version = '1.3.0', 
+    setup = import_drives,
+    keybinds = { keybind }
+}