diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/windows/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/windows/pci.c
index 7eff39173..d5ee938fa 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/windows/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/windows/pci.c
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
  */
+#include <rte_windows.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
-
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 
 #include "private.h"
 
+#include <devpkey.h>
+
+#define  MAX_STR_TOKENS	8
+#define  DEC			10
+#define  HEX			16
+/*
+ * This code is used to simulate a PCI probe by parsing information in
+ * the registry hive for PCI devices.
+ */
+
 /* The functions below are not implemented on Windows,
  * but need to be defined for compilation purposes
  */
@@ -166,6 +176,300 @@ pci_uio_remap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev __rte_unused)
 	 */
 	return -1;
 }
+
+static
+int get_device_resource_info(HDEVINFO hDevInfo,
+	PSP_DEVINFO_DATA pDeviceInfoData , struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	int  ret = -1;
+	DEVPROPTYPE uPropertyType;
+	DWORD uNumaNode;
+	BOOL  bResult;
+
+	switch (dev->kdrv) {
+	case RTE_KDRV_NONE:
+		/* Get NUMA node using DEVPKEY_Device_Numa_Node */
+		bResult = SetupDiGetDevicePropertyW(hDevInfo, pDeviceInfoData,
+			&DEVPKEY_Device_Numa_Node, &uPropertyType,
+			(BYTE *)&uNumaNode, sizeof(uNumaNode), NULL, 0);
+		if (!bResult) {
+			ret = GetLastError();
+			break;
+		}
+		dev->device.numa_node = uNumaNode;
+		/* mem_resource - Uneeded for RTE_KDRV_NONE */
+		dev->mem_resource[0].phys_addr = 0;
+		dev->mem_resource[0].len = 0;
+		dev->mem_resource[0].addr = NULL;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -1;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+end:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * split up a pci address into its constituent parts.
+ */
+static int
+parse_pci_addr_format(const char *buf, int bufsize, struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	char *str[MAX_STR_TOKENS] = { 0 };
+
+	char *buf_copy = _strdup(buf);
+	if (buf_copy == NULL)
+		goto end;
+
+	/* PCI Addr format string is delimited by ',' */
+	/* eg: "PCI bus 5, device 35, function 0" */
+	if (rte_strsplit(buf_copy, bufsize, str, MAX_STR_TOKENS, ',')
+			 > MAX_STR_TOKENS - 1) {
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	/* Bus, device and function values tokens in the str[] */
+	/* Convert to numerical values */
+	addr->domain = 0;
+	addr->bus = (uint8_t)rte_find_numerical_value(str[0], DEC);
+	addr->devid = (uint8_t)rte_find_numerical_value(str[1], DEC);
+	addr->function = (uint8_t)rte_find_numerical_value(str[2], DEC);
+
+	if (rte_errno != 0)
+		goto end;
+	
+	ret = 0;
+end:
+	/* free the copy made (if any) with _tcsdup */
+	if (buf_copy)
+		free(buf_copy);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_hardware_ids(char *str, unsigned int strlength, uint16_t *val1,
+		uint16_t *val2)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+	char *strID[MAX_STR_TOKENS] = { 0 };
+
+	if (rte_strsplit(str, strlength, strID, MAX_STR_TOKENS, '_')
+		 > MAX_STR_TOKENS - 1) {
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	/* check if string combined ID value (eg: subdeviceID+subvendorID) */
+	if (strlen(strID[1]) == 8) {
+		char strval1[8];
+		char strval2[8];
+		memset(strval1, 0, sizeof(strval1));
+		memset(strval2, 0, sizeof(strval2));
+
+		memcpy_s(strval1, sizeof(strval1), strID[1], 4);
+		memcpy_s(strval2, sizeof(strval2), strID[1]+4, 4);
+
+		if (val1)
+			*val1 = (uint16_t)rte_find_numerical_value(
+					strval1, HEX);
+		if (val2)
+			*val2 = (uint16_t)rte_find_numerical_value(
+					strval2, HEX);
+	} else {
+		if (val1)
+			*val1 = (uint16_t)rte_find_numerical_value(
+					strID[1], HEX);
+	}
+
+	if (rte_errno != 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	ret = 0;
+end:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * split up hardware ID into its constituent parts.
+ */
+static int
+parse_pci_hardware_id_format(const char *buf, int bufsize, uint16_t *vendorID,
+	uint16_t *deviceID, uint16_t *subvendorID, uint16_t *subdeviceID)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	char *str[MAX_STR_TOKENS] = { 0 };
+
+	char *buf_copy = _strdup(buf);
+	if (buf_copy == NULL)
+		goto end;
+
+	/* PCI Hardware ID format string is first delimited by '\\' */
+	/* eg: "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A&SUBSYS_00008086&REV_04" */
+	if (rte_strsplit(buf_copy, bufsize, str, MAX_STR_TOKENS, '\\') >
+			MAX_STR_TOKENS - 1) {
+		goto end;
+	}
+	char *buf_copy_stripped = _strdup(str[1]);
+	if (buf_copy_stripped == NULL)
+		goto end;
+	/* The remaining string is delimited by '&' */
+	if (rte_strsplit(buf_copy_stripped, bufsize, str, MAX_STR_TOKENS, '&')
+			> MAX_STR_TOKENS - 1) {
+		goto end;
+	}
+	/* We now have the various hw IDs in tokens in the str[] array */
+	/* Isolate the numerical IDs - '_' as the delimiter */
+	if (parse_hardware_ids(str[0], strlen(str[0]), vendorID, NULL))
+		goto end;
+
+	if (parse_hardware_ids(str[1], strlen(str[1]), deviceID, NULL))
+		goto end;
+
+	if (parse_hardware_ids(str[2], strlen(str[2]), subdeviceID,
+		subvendorID)) {
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+end:
+	/* free the copy made (if any) with _tcsdup */
+	if (buf_copy)
+		free(buf_copy);
+	if (buf_copy_stripped)
+		free(buf_copy_stripped);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+get_kernel_driver_type(struct rte_pci_device *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If another kernel driver is supported the relevant checking
+	 * functions should be here
+	 */
+	dev->kdrv = RTE_KDRV_NONE;
+}
+
+static int
+pci_scan_one(HDEVINFO hDevInfo, PSP_DEVINFO_DATA pDeviceInfoData)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *dev;
+	int    ret = -1;
+
+	dev = malloc(sizeof(struct rte_pci_device));
+	if (dev == NULL) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+
+	char  strPCIDeviceInfo[PATH_MAX];
+	BOOL  bResult;
+
+	bResult = SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyA(hDevInfo, pDeviceInfoData,
+		SPDRP_LOCATION_INFORMATION, NULL, (BYTE *)&strPCIDeviceInfo,
+		sizeof(strPCIDeviceInfo), NULL);
+
+	/* Some devices don't have location information - simply return 0 */
+	/* Also, if we don't find 'PCI' in the description, we'll skip it */
+	if (!bResult) {
+		ret = (GetLastError() == ERROR_INVALID_DATA) ? ERROR_CONTINUE
+			: -1;
+		goto end;
+	} else if (!strstr(strPCIDeviceInfo, "PCI")) {
+		ret = ERROR_CONTINUE;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
+
+	if (parse_pci_addr_format((const char *)&strPCIDeviceInfo,
+			sizeof(strPCIDeviceInfo), &addr) != 0) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	dev->addr.domain = addr.domain;
+	dev->addr.bus = addr.bus;
+	dev->addr.devid = addr.devid;
+	dev->addr.function = addr.function;
+
+	/* Retrieve PCI device IDs */
+	bResult = SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyA(hDevInfo, pDeviceInfoData,
+			SPDRP_HARDWAREID, NULL, (BYTE *)&strPCIDeviceInfo,
+			sizeof(strPCIDeviceInfo), NULL);
+
+	/* parse hardware ID string */
+	uint16_t vendorID, deviceID, subvendorID, subdeviceID = 0;
+	if (parse_pci_hardware_id_format((const char *)&strPCIDeviceInfo,
+		sizeof(strPCIDeviceInfo), &vendorID, &deviceID, &subvendorID,
+		&subdeviceID) != 0) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	dev->id.vendor_id = vendorID;
+	dev->id.device_id = deviceID;
+	dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id = subvendorID;
+	dev->id.subsystem_device_id = subdeviceID;
+
+	dev->max_vfs = 0; /* TODO: get max_vfs */
+
+	pci_name_set(dev);
+
+	get_kernel_driver_type(dev);
+
+	/* parse resources */
+	if (get_device_resource_info(hDevInfo, pDeviceInfoData, dev)
+			!= ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+		/*
+		 * We won't add this device, but we want to continue
+		 * looking forsupported devices
+		 */
+		ret = ERROR_CONTINUE;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	/* device is valid, add in list (sorted) */
+	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&rte_pci_bus.device_list)) {
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
+	} else {
+		struct rte_pci_device *dev2 = NULL;
+		int ret;
+
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(dev2, &rte_pci_bus.device_list, next) {
+			ret = rte_pci_addr_cmp(&dev->addr, &dev2->addr);
+			if (ret > 0) {
+				continue;
+			} else if (ret < 0) {
+				rte_pci_insert_device(dev2, dev);
+			} else { /* already registered */
+				dev2->kdrv = dev->kdrv;
+				dev2->max_vfs = dev->max_vfs;
+				memmove(dev2->mem_resource, dev->mem_resource,
+					sizeof(dev->mem_resource));
+				free(dev);
+			}
+			return 0;
+		}
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+	return ret;
+end:
+	if (dev)
+		free(dev);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Scan the contents of the PCI bus
  * and add all network class devices into the devices list.
@@ -173,5 +477,39 @@ pci_uio_remap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev __rte_unused)
 int
 rte_pci_scan(void)
 {
-	return 0;
+	DWORD			DeviceIndex = 0, FoundDevice = 0;
+	HDEVINFO		hDevInfo = NULL;
+	SP_DEVINFO_DATA	DeviceInfoData = { 0 };
+	int				ret = -1;
+
+	hDevInfo = SetupDiGetClassDevs(&GUID_DEVCLASS_NET, NULL, NULL,
+				DIGCF_PRESENT);
+	if (hDevInfo == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"Unable to enumerate PCI devices.\n", __func__);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	DeviceInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);
+	DeviceIndex = 0;
+
+	while (SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(hDevInfo, DeviceIndex, &DeviceInfoData)) {
+		DeviceIndex++;
+		ret = pci_scan_one(hDevInfo, &DeviceInfoData);
+		if (ret == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+			FoundDevice++;
+		else if (ret != ERROR_CONTINUE)
+			goto end;
+
+		memset(&DeviceInfoData, 0, sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA));
+		DeviceInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "PCI scan found %u devices\n", FoundDevice);
+	ret = (FoundDevice != 0) ? 0 : -1;
+end:
+	if (hDevInfo != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(hDevInfo);
+
+	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_exports.def b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_exports.def
index edbb6b277..7a0468a02 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_exports.def
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_exports.def
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ EXPORTS
 	rte_eal_tailq_lookup
 	rte_eal_tailq_register
 	rte_eal_using_phys_addrs
+	rte_find_numerical_value
 	rte_free
 	rte_log
 	rte_malloc
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_windows.h b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_windows.h
index 899ed7d87..725ac4f9b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_windows.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_windows.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <psapi.h>
 #include <setupapi.h>
 #include <winioctl.h>
+#include <devguid.h>
 
 /* Have GUIDs defined. */
 #ifndef INITGUID
