diff --git a/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows.go b/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd2dffb3018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package errmetrics
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+func GetErrorMessage(err uint16) (message string) {
+	const flags uint32 = syscall.FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM
+	buf := make([]uint16, 300)
+	_, error := windows.FormatMessage(flags, 0, uint32(err), 0, buf, nil)
+	if error != nil {
+		return "unknown error code "
+	}
+	return windows.UTF16ToString(buf[:])
+}
diff --git a/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows_test.go b/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48b846ddb0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/errmetrics/err_msg_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package errmetrics
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestErrMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	s1 := GetErrorMessage(uint16(syscall.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED))
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.HasPrefix(s1, "Access is denied."), true)
+
+	s2 := GetErrorMessage(uint16(syscall.ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER))
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.HasPrefix(s2, "The data area passed to a system call is too small."), true)
+
+}