diff --git a/browser_linux.go b/browser_linux.go
index d26cddd..64df1b2 100644
--- a/browser_linux.go
+++ b/browser_linux.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package browser
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -8,6 +11,19 @@ import (
 func openBrowser(url string) error {
 	providers := []string{"xdg-open", "x-www-browser", "www-browser"}
 
+	wsl, err := isWSL()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("error determining Windows Subsystem for Linux")
+	}
+
+	if wsl {
+		cmd := "cmd.exe"
+		args := []string{"/c", "start"}
+		url := strings.ReplaceAll(url, "&", "^&")
+		args = append(args, url)
+		return exec.Command(cmd, args...).Start()
+	}
+
 	// There are multiple possible providers to open a browser on linux
 	// One of them is xdg-open, another is x-www-browser, then there's www-browser, etc.
 	// Look for one that exists and run it
@@ -19,3 +35,11 @@ func openBrowser(url string) error {
 
 	return &exec.Error{Name: strings.Join(providers, ","), Err: exec.ErrNotFound}
 }
+
+func isWSL() (bool, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/version")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("read /proc/version: %v", err)
+	}
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(string(data)), "microsoft"), nil
+}