diff --git a/packaging/googet/agent_install.ps1 b/packaging/googet/agent_install.ps1
index 5909a2a5..b4938a2f 100644
--- a/packaging/googet/agent_install.ps1
+++ b/packaging/googet/agent_install.ps1
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ $name = 'GCEAgent'
 $path = '"C:\Program Files\Google\Compute Engine\agent\GCEWindowsAgent.exe"'
 $display_name = 'Google Compute Engine Agent'
 $description = 'Google Compute Engine Agent'
+
+$manager_name = 'GCEAgentManager'
+$manager_path = '"C:\Program Files\Google\Compute Engine\agent\GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe"'
+$manager_display_name = 'Google Compute Engine Agent Manager'
+$manager_description = 'Google Compute Engine Agent Manager'
+
 $initial_config = @'
 # GCE Instance Configuration
 
@@ -29,31 +35,49 @@ $initial_config = @'
 # disable=false
 '@
 
-function Set-ServiceConfig {
+function Set-ServiceConfig($service_name, $service_binary) {
   # Restart service after 1s, then 2s. Reset error counter after 60s.
-  sc.exe failure $name reset= 60 actions= restart/1000/restart/2000
+  sc.exe failure $service_name reset= 60 actions= restart/1000/restart/2000
   # Set dependency and delayed start
-  cmd.exe /c "sc.exe config ${name} depend= `"samss`" start= delayed-auto binpath= \`"${path}\`""
+  cmd.exe /c "sc.exe config ${service_name} depend= `"samss`" start= delayed-auto binpath= \`"${service_binary}\`""
   # Create trigger to start the service on first IP address
-  sc.exe triggerinfo $name start/networkon
+  sc.exe triggerinfo $service_name start/networkon
 }
 
-try {
-
-  if (-not (Get-Service $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-    New-Service -Name $name `
-                -DisplayName $display_name `
-                -BinaryPathName $path `
+function Set-New-Service($service_name, $service_display_name, $service_desc, $service_binary) {
+  if (-not (Get-Service $service_name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    New-Service -Name $service_name `
+                -DisplayName $service_display_name `
+                -BinaryPathName $service_binary `
                 -StartupType Automatic `
-                -Description $description
+                -Description $service_desc
   } 
   else {
-    Set-Service -Name $name `
-                -DisplayName $display_name `
-                -Description $description
+    Set-Service -Name $service_name `
+                -DisplayName $service_display_name `
+                -Description $service_desc
   }
+}
 
-  Set-ServiceConfig
+try {
+  # This is to safeguard from installing agent manager using placeholder file
+  $install_manager = $false
+  if (Test-Path ($manager_path -replace '"', "")) {
+    $contains = Select-String -Path ($manager_path -replace '"', "") -Pattern "This is a placeholder file"
+    if ($contains -eq $null) {
+      $install_manager = $true
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Guest Agent service
+  Set-New-Service $name $display_name $description $path
+  Set-ServiceConfig $name $path
+
+  # Guest Agent Manager service
+  if ($install_manager) {
+    Set-New-Service $manager_name $manager_display_name $manager_description $manager_path
+    Set-ServiceConfig $manager_name $manager_path
+  }
 
   $config = "${env:ProgramFiles}\Google\Compute Engine\instance_configs.cfg"
   if (-not (Test-Path $config)) {
@@ -61,9 +85,13 @@ try {
   }
 
   Restart-Service $name -Verbose
+
+  if ($install_manager) {
+    Restart-Service $manager_name -Verbose
+  }
 }
 catch {
   Write-Output $_.InvocationInfo.PositionMessage
   Write-Output "Install failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
   exit 1
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/googet/agent_uninstall.ps1 b/packaging/googet/agent_uninstall.ps1
index 6049e4e3..c45e3816 100644
--- a/packaging/googet/agent_uninstall.ps1
+++ b/packaging/googet/agent_uninstall.ps1
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@
 
 Stop-Service GCEAgent -Verbose
 & sc.exe delete GCEAgent
+
+$name = 'GCEAgentManager'
+if (Get-Service $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+    Stop-Service $name -Verbose
+    & sc.exe delete $name
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-windows.goospec b/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-windows.goospec
index 8d9e54d7..e1f36dcb 100644
--- a/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-windows.goospec
+++ b/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-windows.goospec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "description": "Google Compute Engine Windows agent",
   "source": "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent/",
   "files": {
+    "GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe": "<ProgramFiles>/Google/Compute Engine/agent/GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe",
     "GCEWindowsAgent.exe": "<ProgramFiles>/Google/Compute Engine/agent/GCEWindowsAgent.exe",
     "GCEAuthorizedKeysCommand.exe": "<ProgramFiles>/Google/Compute Engine/agent/GCEAuthorizedKeysCommand.exe",
     "THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES": "<ProgramFiles>/Google/Compute Engine/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES/",
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
   "sources": [{
       "include": [
         "GCEWindowsAgent.exe",
+        "GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe",
 	"GCEAuthorizedKeysCommand.exe",
         "packaging/googet/agent_install.ps1",
         "packaging/googet/agent_uninstall.ps1",
diff --git a/packaging/googet/windows_agent_build.sh b/packaging/googet/windows_agent_build.sh
index a5e9520a..ec309121 100755
--- a/packaging/googet/windows_agent_build.sh
+++ b/packaging/googet/windows_agent_build.sh
@@ -22,3 +22,21 @@ version=$1
 
 GOOS=windows /tmp/go/bin/go build -ldflags "-X main.version=$version" -mod=readonly -o GCEWindowsAgent.exe ./google_guest_agent
 GOOS=windows /tmp/go/bin/go build -ldflags "-X main.version=$version" -mod=readonly -o GCEAuthorizedKeysCommand.exe ./google_authorized_keys
+
+# Script expects guest-agent and google-guest-agent codebase are placed
+# side-by-side within same directory and this script is executed from root of 
+# guest-agent codebase. 
+GUEST_AGENT_REPO="../google-guest-agent"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$GUEST_AGENT_REPO/Makefile" ]]; then
+    # This is a placeholder file for guest-agent package, google-compute-engine-windows.goospec
+    # looks for this file during goopack packaging and will fail if not found.
+    echo "This is a placeholder file so guest agent package build without error. Package will have actual Guest Agent Manager executable instead if both repos are cloned side-by-side." > GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+BUILD_DIR=$(pwd)
+pushd $GUEST_AGENT_REPO
+GOOS=windows VERSION=$version make cmd/google_guest_agent/google_guest_agent
+cp cmd/google_guest_agent/google_guest_agent.exe $BUILD_DIR/GCEWindowsAgentManager.exe
+popd