diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fcfbb8f9b..9567e32f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,15 +62,28 @@ def intltool_version():
     '''
     Return the version of intltool as a tuple.
     '''
-    cmd = 'intltool-update --version | head -1 | cut -d" " -f3'
-    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-        retcode, version_str = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        cmd = ["perl", "-e print qx(intltool-update --version) =~ m/(\d+.\d+.\d+)/;"]
+        try: 
+            ver, ret = subprocess.Popen(cmd ,stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
+            if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
+                ver = ver.decode("utf-8")
+            if ver > "":
+                version_str = ver
+            else:
+                return (0,0,0)
+        except:
+            return (0,0,0)
     else:
-        retcode, version_str = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
-    if retcode != 0:
-        return None
-    else:
-        return tuple([int(num) for num in version_str.split('.')])
+        cmd = 'intltool-update --version | head -1 | cut -d" " -f3'
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            retcode, version_str = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        else:
+            retcode, version_str = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        if retcode != 0:
+            return None
+    return tuple([int(num) for num in version_str.split('.')])
 
 def substitute_variables(filename_in, filename_out, subst_vars):
     '''
@@ -198,7 +211,15 @@ def merge(in_file, out_file, option, po_dir='po', cache=True):
         option += ' -c ' + cache_file
 
     if (not os.path.exists(out_file) and os.path.exists(in_file)):
-        cmd = (('LC_ALL=C intltool-merge %(opt)s %(po_dir)s %(in_file)s '
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            cmd = (('set LC_ALL=C && intltool-merge %(opt)s %(po_dir)s %(in_file)s '
+                '%(out_file)s') % 
+              {'opt' : option, 
+               'po_dir' : po_dir,
+               'in_file' : in_file, 
+               'out_file' : out_file})
+        else:
+            cmd = (('LC_ALL=C intltool-merge %(opt)s %(po_dir)s %(in_file)s '
                 '%(out_file)s') % 
               {'opt' : option, 
                'po_dir' : po_dir,
@@ -259,7 +280,8 @@ class build(_build):
     """Custom build command."""
     def run(self):
         build_trans(self)
-        build_man(self)
+        if not sys.platform == 'win32':
+            build_man(self)
         build_intl(self)
         write_const_py(self)
         _build.run(self)