diff --git a/lib/mruby/build.rb b/lib/mruby/build.rb
index 71aed7667..3864e6c97 100644
--- a/lib/mruby/build.rb
+++ b/lib/mruby/build.rb
@@ -375,14 +375,35 @@ EOS
       end
     end
 
-    def define_installer(src)
-      dst = "#{self.class.install_dir}/#{File.basename(src)}"
+    def define_installer_outline(src, dst)
       file dst => src do
-        install_D src, dst
+        _pp "GEN", src.relative_path, dst.relative_path
+        mkdir_p(File.dirname(dst))
+        yield dst
       end
       dst
     end
 
+    if ENV['OS'] == 'Windows_NT'
+      def define_installer(src)
+        dst = "#{self.class.install_dir}/#{File.basename(src)}".pathmap("%X.bat")
+        define_installer_outline(src, dst) do
+          File.write dst, <<~BATCHFILE
+            @echo off
+            call "#{src}" %*
+          BATCHFILE
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      def define_installer(src)
+        dst = "#{self.class.install_dir}/#{File.basename(src)}"
+        define_installer_outline(src, dst) do
+          File.unlink(dst) if File.exist?(dst)
+          File.symlink(src, dst)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     def define_installer_if_needed(bin)
       exe = exefile("#{build_dir}/bin/#{bin}")
       host? ? define_installer(exe) : exe