diff --git a/bin/cassandra-cli.bat b/bin/cassandra-cli.bat
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cassandra-cli.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@echo off
+SETLOCAL
+
+SET CASSANDRA_LIBS=%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib
+
+FOR %%a IN (%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar) DO  call :append %%~fa
+java -cp %CASSANDRA_LIBS% org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain
+
+:append
+SET CASSANDRA_LIBS=%CASSANDRA_LIBS%;%1%2
+goto :finally
+
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL