2 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cli/dts/lib.deno.unstable.d.ts b/cli/dts/lib.deno.unstable.d.ts
index 6eb7153ba..1feb11e97 100644
--- a/cli/dts/lib.deno.unstable.d.ts
+++ b/cli/dts/lib.deno.unstable.d.ts
@@ -1542,6 +1542,10 @@ declare namespace Deno {
     stdout?: "piped" | "inherit" | "null";
     /** Defaults to "piped". */
     stderr?: "piped" | "inherit" | "null";
+
+    /** Skips quoting and escaping of the arguments on windows. This option
+     * is ignored on non-windows platforms. Defaults to "false". */
+    windowsRawArguments?: boolean;
   }
 
   /** **UNSTABLE**: New API, yet to be vetted.
diff --git a/cli/tests/unit/spawn_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit/spawn_test.ts
index df95e333b..149886a1c 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit/spawn_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit/spawn_test.ts
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ const child = await Deno.spawnChild(Deno.execPath(), {
 });
 const readable = child.stdout.pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream());
 const reader = readable.getReader();
-// set up an interval that will end after reading a few messages from stdout, 
+// set up an interval that will end after reading a few messages from stdout,
 // to verify that stdio streams are properly unrefed
 let count = 0;
 let interval;
@@ -787,3 +787,28 @@ setInterval(() => {
     }, Deno.errors.NotFound);
   },
 );
+
+Deno.test(
+  { ignore: Deno.build.os !== "windows" },
+  async function spawnWindowsRawArguments() {
+    let { success, stdout } = await Deno.spawn("cmd", {
+      args: ["/d", "/s", "/c", '"deno ^"--version^""'],
+      windowsRawArguments: true,
+    });
+    assert(success);
+    let stdoutText = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "deno");
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "v8");
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "typescript");
+
+    ({ success, stdout } = Deno.spawnSync("cmd", {
+      args: ["/d", "/s", "/c", '"deno ^"--version^""'],
+      windowsRawArguments: true,
+    }));
+    assert(success);
+    stdoutText = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "deno");
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "v8");
+    assertStringIncludes(stdoutText, "typescript");
+  },
+);