diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
index a020c203b444..4cce5d09fa86 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ func runStop(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	schedule.KillExisting(profilesToStop)
 
 	if scheduledStopDuration != 0 {
-		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			exit.Message(reason.Usage, "the --schedule flag is currently not supported on windows")
-		}
 		if err := schedule.Daemonize(profilesToStop, scheduledStopDuration); err != nil {
 			exit.Message(reason.DaemonizeError, "unable to daemonize: {{.err}}", out.V{"err": err.Error()})
 		}
+		// if OS is windows, scheduled stop is now being handled within minikube, so return
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			return
+		}
 		klog.Infof("sleeping %s before completing stop...", scheduledStopDuration.String())
 		time.Sleep(scheduledStopDuration)
 	}
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/Config.in b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/Config.in
index dc7a8c85c247..27d1403c13f6 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/Config.in
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/Config.in
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ menu "System tools"
     source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH/package/vbox-guest/Config.in"
     source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH/package/containerd-bin/Config.in"
     source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH/package/falco-module/Config.in"
+    source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH/package/scheduled-stop/Config.in"
 endmenu
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/Config.in b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4a68f99e8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SCHEDULED_STOP
+	bool "scheduled-stop"
+	default y
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..a02670900387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+echo "running scheduled stop ...";
+
+echo "sleeping %$SLEEP seconds..."
+sleep $SLEEP
+
+echo "running poweroff..."
+sudo systemctl poweroff
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12a298415fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=minikube scheduled stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minikube-scheduled-stop
+EnvironmentFile=/var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/environment
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/scheduled-stop.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/scheduled-stop.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca1dc31f5302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/scheduled-stop/scheduled-stop.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# minikube scheduled-stop
+#
+################################################################################
+
+define SCHEDULED_STOP_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 \
+		$(SCHEDULED_STOP_PKGDIR)/minikube-scheduled-stop.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
+
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+	ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-scheduled-stop.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
+endef
+
+define SCHEDULED_STOP_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -Dm755 \
+		$(SCHEDULED_STOP_PKGDIR)/minikube-scheduled-stop \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/minikube-scheduled-stop
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 66e6fd7bbe7a..16ad9c4b654a 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ COPY automount/minikube-automount.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-autom
 RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-automount.service \
     /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/minikube-automount.service
 
+# scheduled stop service
+COPY scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop /var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
+COPY scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
+RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd/system/minikube-scheduled-stop.service \
+    /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/minikube-scheduled-stop.service && \
+    chmod +x /var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
+
 # disable non-docker runtimes by default
 RUN systemctl disable containerd && systemctl disable crio && rm /etc/crictl.yaml
 # enable docker which is default
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop b/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a02670900387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+echo "running scheduled stop ...";
+
+echo "sleeping %$SLEEP seconds..."
+sleep $SLEEP
+
+echo "running poweroff..."
+sudo systemctl poweroff
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service b/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfc738b9b469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=minikube scheduled stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
+EnvironmentFile=/var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/environment
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
index 99c5128a409b..1b3e794bed76 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ const (
 	// TestDiskUsedEnv is used in integration tests for insufficient storage with 'minikube status'
 	TestDiskUsedEnv = "MINIKUBE_TEST_STORAGE_CAPACITY"
 
+	// scheduled stop constants
+	ScheduledStopEnvFile        = "/var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/environment"
+	ScheduledStopSystemdService = "minikube-scheduled-stop"
+
 	// MinikubeExistingPrefix is used to save the original environment when executing docker-env
 	MinikubeExistingPrefix = "MINIKUBE_EXISTING_"
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go b/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
index ea3c7fa23856..d4b077fce049 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
@@ -20,16 +20,93 @@ package schedule
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/assets"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/sysinit"
 )
 
 // KillExisting will kill existing scheduled stops
 func KillExisting(profiles []string) {
-	klog.Errorf("not yet implemented for windows")
+	for _, profile := range profiles {
+		if err := killExisting(profile); err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("error terminating scheduled stop for profile %s: %v", profile, err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
+func killExisting(profile string) error {
+	klog.Infof("trying to kill existing schedule stop for profile %s...", profile)
+	api, err := machine.NewAPIClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "getting api client for profile %s", profile)
+	}
+	h, err := api.Load(profile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error loading existing host. Please try running [minikube delete], then run [minikube start] again.")
+	}
+	runner, err := machine.CommandRunner(h)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting command runner")
+	}
+	// restart scheduled stop service in container
+	sysManger := sysinit.New(runner)
+	if err := sysManger.Stop(constants.ScheduledStopSystemdService); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "stopping schedule-stop service for profile %s", profile)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// to daemonize on windows, we schedule the stop within minikube itself
+// starting the minikube-scheduled-stop systemd service kicks off the scheduled stop
 func daemonize(profiles []string, duration time.Duration) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("not yet implemented for windows")
+	for _, profile := range profiles {
+		if err := startSystemdService(profile, duration); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "implementing scheduled stop for %s", profile)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// to start the systemd service, we first have to tell the systemd service how long to sleep for
+// before shutting down minikube from within
+// we do this by settig the SLEEP environment variable in the environment file to the users
+// requested duration
+func startSystemdService(profile string, duration time.Duration) error {
+	// get ssh runner
+	klog.Infof("starting systemd service for profile %s...", profile)
+	api, err := machine.NewAPIClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "getting api client for profile %s", profile)
+	}
+	h, err := api.Load(profile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error loading existing host. Please try running [minikube delete], then run [minikube start] again.")
+	}
+	runner, err := machine.CommandRunner(h)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting command runner")
+	}
+	if rr, err := runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "mkdir", "-p", "/var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop")); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "creating dirs: %v", rr.Output())
+	}
+	// update environment file to include duration
+	if err := runner.Copy(environmentFile(duration)); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "copying scheduled stop env file")
+	}
+	// restart scheduled stop service in container
+	sysManger := sysinit.New(runner)
+	return sysManger.Restart(constants.ScheduledStopSystemdService)
+}
+
+// return the contents of the environment file for minikube-scheduled-stop systemd service
+// should be of the format SLEEP=<scheduled stop requested by user in seconds>
+func environmentFile(duration time.Duration) assets.CopyableFile {
+	contents := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("SLEEP=%v", duration.Seconds()))
+	return assets.NewMemoryAssetTarget(contents, constants.ScheduledStopEnvFile, "0644")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/schedule/schedule.go b/pkg/minikube/schedule/schedule.go
index a016cf00bffa..c8ca7b5f49c4 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/schedule/schedule.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/schedule/schedule.go
@@ -41,11 +41,19 @@ func Daemonize(profiles []string, duration time.Duration) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		daemonizeProfiles = append(daemonizeProfiles, p)
+	}
+
+	if err := daemonize(daemonizeProfiles, duration); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "daemonizing")
+	}
+
+	// save scheduled stop config if daemonize was successful
+	for _, d := range daemonizeProfiles {
+		_, cc := mustload.Partial(d)
 		cc.ScheduledStop = scheduledStop
-		if err := config.SaveProfile(p, cc); err != nil {
+		if err := config.SaveProfile(d, cc); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "saving profile")
 		}
 	}
-
-	return daemonize(daemonizeProfiles, duration)
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduled_stop_test.go b/test/integration/scheduled_stop_test.go
index 494b6e405961..98e3506eb141 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduled_stop_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduled_stop_test.go
@@ -24,19 +24,58 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/localpath"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/util/retry"
 )
 
-func TestScheduledStop(t *testing.T) {
+func TestScheduledStopWindows(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		t.Skip("test only runs on windows")
+	}
 	if NoneDriver() {
-		t.Skip("--schedule does not apply to none driver ")
+		t.Skip("--schedule does not work with the none driver")
+	}
+	profile := UniqueProfileName("scheduled-stop")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(5))
+	defer CleanupWithLogs(t, profile, cancel)
+	startMinikube(ctx, t, profile)
+
+	// schedule a stop for 5m from now
+	scheduledStopMinikube(ctx, t, profile, "5m")
+
+	// make sure the systemd service is running
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), []string{"ssh", "-p", profile, "--", "sudo", "systemctl", "show", constants.ScheduledStopSystemdService, "--no-page"}...))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("getting minikube-scheduled-stop status: %v\n%s", err, rr.Output())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "ActiveState=active") {
+		t.Fatalf("minikube-scheduled-stop is not running: %v", rr.Output())
+	}
+
+	// reschedule stop for 5 seconds from now
+	scheduledStopMinikube(ctx, t, profile, "5s")
+
+	// sleep for 5 seconds
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+	// make sure minikube status is "Stopped"
+	ensureMinikubeStatusStopped(ctx, t, profile)
+}
+
+func TestScheduledStopUnix(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("test only runs on unix")
+	}
+	if NoneDriver() {
+		t.Skip("--schedule does not work with the none driver")
 	}
 	profile := UniqueProfileName("scheduled-stop")
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(5))
@@ -56,19 +95,8 @@ func TestScheduledStop(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("process %v running but should have been killed on reschedule of stop", pid)
 	}
 	checkPID(t, profile)
-	// wait allotted time to make sure minikube status is "Stopped"
-	checkStatus := func() error {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(ctx, time.Now().Add(10*time.Second))
-		defer cancel()
-		got := Status(ctx, t, Target(), profile, "Host", profile)
-		if got != state.Stopped.String() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("expected post-stop host status to be -%q- but got *%q*", state.Stopped, got)
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := retry.Expo(checkStatus, time.Second, time.Minute); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error %v", err)
-	}
+	// make sure minikube status is "Stopped"
+	ensureMinikubeStatusStopped(ctx, t, profile)
 }
 
 func startMinikube(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
@@ -116,3 +144,19 @@ func processRunning(t *testing.T, pid string) bool {
 	t.Log("signal error was: ", err)
 	return err == nil
 }
+
+func ensureMinikubeStatusStopped(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
+	// wait allotted time to make sure minikube status is "Stopped"
+	checkStatus := func() error {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(ctx, time.Now().Add(10*time.Second))
+		defer cancel()
+		got := Status(ctx, t, Target(), profile, "Host", profile)
+		if got != state.Stopped.String() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected post-stop host status to be -%q- but got *%q*", state.Stopped, got)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := retry.Expo(checkStatus, time.Second, time.Minute); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error %v", err)
+	}
+}