diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index d235438..f9229d7 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="NATS.NKeys" Version="1.0.0-preview.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
 
+    <!-- Windows Service -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="10.0.0" />
+
     <!-- Testing -->
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj b/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
index fedb2dd..9c49d17 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
+++ b/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs b/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
index 152e5f3..b590de3 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Serilog;
 using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole.Themes;
 
 var options = new NatsOptions();
+var windowsService = false;
 
 // Parse ALL CLI flags into NatsOptions first
 for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
         case "--remote_syslog" when i + 1 < args.Length:
             options.RemoteSyslog = args[++i];
             break;
+        case "--service":
+            windowsService = true;
+            break;
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +137,11 @@ else if (options.Syslog)
 
 Log.Logger = logConfig.CreateLogger();
 
+if (windowsService)
+{
+    Log.Information("Windows Service mode requested");
+}
+
 using var loggerFactory = new Serilog.Extensions.Logging.SerilogLoggerFactory(Log.Logger);
 using var server = new NatsServer(options, loggerFactory);