diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@
 endif()
 add_subdirectory( thumbnail )
 add_subdirectory( docfilter )
-if (libssh_FOUND AND HAVE_UTIME_H)
-    # does not compile on Windows: kio_sftp.cpp(28): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'utime.h': No such file or directory
+if (libssh_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(sftp)
 endif ()
 add_subdirectory(settings)
diff --git a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kio5_sftp\")
 
 include_directories(${LIBSSH_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
+if(WIN32)
+include_directories(${QT_MKSPECS_DIR}/default) # for SYMLINKS 
+endif()
 set(kio_sftp_SRCS kio_sftp.cpp)
 
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(kio_sftp_SRCS
diff --git a/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp b/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
--- a/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
+++ b/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
@@ -26,22 +26,30 @@
 #include "kio_sftp_trace_debug.h"
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <utime.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QVarLengthArray>
 #include <QMimeType>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
+#include <QDateTime>
 
 #include <kuser.h>
 #include <kmessagebox.h>
 
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include <kio/ioslave_defaults.h>
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <experimental/filesystem>  // for permissions
+using namespace std::experimental::filesystem;
+#include <qplatformdefs.h>
+#else
+#include <utime.h>
+#endif
+
 #define KIO_SFTP_SPECIAL_TIMEOUT 30
 
 // How big should each data packet be? Definitely not bigger than 64kb or
@@ -379,7 +387,11 @@
     if (isBrokenLink) {
         // It is a link pointing to nowhere
         fileType = S_IFMT - 1;
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        access = static_cast<mode_t>(perms::owner_all | perms::group_all | perms::others_all);
+#else
         access = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
+#endif
         size = 0LL;
     } else {
         switch (sb->type) {
@@ -390,7 +402,12 @@
             fileType = S_IFDIR;
             break;
         case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+            // TODO Check if this works for other OSes too.
+            fileType = QT_STAT_LNK;
+#else
             fileType = S_IFLNK;
+#endif
             break;
         case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_SPECIAL:
         case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
@@ -1751,7 +1768,11 @@
                     mode_t initialMode;
 
                     if (permissions != -1) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+                        initialMode = permissions | static_cast<mode_t>(perms::owner_write | perms::owner_read);
+#else
                         initialMode = permissions | S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR;
+#endif
                     } else {
                         initialMode = 0644;
                     }
@@ -1924,9 +1945,9 @@
     // check if destination is ok ...
     QT_STATBUF buff;
     const bool bDestExists = (QT_STAT(QFile::encodeName(sCopyFile), &buff) != -1);
-
+    QFileInfo info(sCopyFile);
     if(bDestExists)  {
-        if(S_ISDIR(buff.st_mode)) {
+        if(info.isDir()) {
             errorCode = ERR_IS_DIRECTORY;
             return sftpProtocol::ClientError;
         }
@@ -1944,7 +1965,7 @@
     const QString dest = (bMarkPartial ? sPart : sCopyFile);
 
     if (bMarkPartial && bPartExists && buff.st_size > 0) {
-        if (S_ISDIR(buff.st_mode)) {
+        if(info.isDir()) {
             errorCode = ERR_DIR_ALREADY_EXIST;
             return sftpProtocol::ClientError;                            // client side error
         }
@@ -1958,7 +1979,11 @@
     // otherwise we can be in for a surprise on NFS.
     mode_t initialMode;
     if (permissions != -1)
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        initialMode = permissions | static_cast<mode_t>(perms::owner_write);
+#else
         initialMode = permissions | S_IWUSR;
+#endif
     else
         initialMode = 0666;
 
@@ -2015,10 +2040,19 @@
     if (!mtimeStr.isEmpty()) {
         QDateTime dt = QDateTime::fromString(mtimeStr, Qt::ISODate);
         if (dt.isValid()) {
-            struct utimbuf utbuf;
-            utbuf.actime = buff.st_atime; // access time, unchanged
-            utbuf.modtime = dt.toTime_t(); // modification time
-            utime(QFile::encodeName(sCopyFile), &utbuf);
+            QFile receivedFile(sCopyFile);
+            if (!receivedFile.exists()) {
+                if (!receivedFile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text)) {
+                    QString error_msg = receivedFile.errorString();
+                    qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << QStringLiteral("Couldn't update modified time : ") << error_msg;
+                }
+                else {
+                    receivedFile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text);
+                    receivedFile.setFileTime(QDateTime::fromTime_t(buff.st_atime),
+                                            QFileDevice::FileTime(QFileDevice::FileAccessTime));
+                    receivedFile.setFileTime(dt, QFileDevice::FileTime(QFileDevice::FileModificationTime));
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -2032,9 +2066,9 @@
     // check if source is ok ...
     QT_STATBUF buff;
     bool bSrcExists = (QT_STAT(QFile::encodeName(sCopyFile), &buff) != -1);
-
+    QFileInfo info(sCopyFile);
     if (bSrcExists) {
-        if (S_ISDIR(buff.st_mode)) {
+        if(info.isDir()) {
             errorCode = ERR_IS_DIRECTORY;
             return sftpProtocol::ClientError;
         }
@@ -2210,7 +2244,11 @@
         if (isBrokenLink) {
             // It is a link pointing to nowhere
             fileType = S_IFMT - 1;
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+            access = static_cast<mode_t>(perms::owner_all | perms::group_all | perms::others_all);
+#else
             access = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
+#endif
             size = 0LL;
         } else {
             switch (dirent->type) {
@@ -2221,7 +2259,11 @@
                 fileType = S_IFDIR;
                 break;
             case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+                fileType = QT_STAT_LNK;
+#else
                 fileType = S_IFLNK;
+#endif
                 break;
             case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_SPECIAL:
             case SSH_FILEXFER_TYPE_UNKNOWN: