diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 32c0d56..7747c50 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include common.mk
 
 all: server
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/thread.o: $(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/thread.posix.o
+$(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/thread.o: $(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/thread.std.o
 	cp $< $@
 
 server: $(BUILD_DIR)/server/main.o $(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/hash_table.o $(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/byte_stream.o $(BUILD_DIR)/common/util/thread.o
diff --git a/src/common/util/thread.std.c b/src/common/util/thread.std.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1198611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/util/thread.std.c
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#include "thread.h"
+
+#include <threads.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+	ThreadEntry entry;
+	ThreadResult error_result;
+} NativeEntryArg;
+
+inline static thrd_t
+get_handle(Thread wrapper)
+{
+	assert(wrapper.opaque != NULL);
+	return *(thrd_t*) wrapper.opaque;
+}
+
+inline static bool
+new_uninitialized(Thread *th)
+{
+	thrd_t *data = T_ALLOC(1, thrd_t);
+	if (!data) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	*th = (Thread) { .opaque = data };
+	return true;
+}
+
+inline static void
+initialize_handle(Thread *th, thrd_t handle)
+{
+	assert(th != NULL);
+	assert(th->opaque != NULL);
+	*(thrd_t*) th->opaque = handle;
+	return;
+}
+
+inline static Thread
+delete_handle(Thread th)
+{
+	if (!th.opaque) {
+		return THREAD_NONE;
+	}
+	free(th.opaque);
+	return THREAD_NONE;
+}
+
+static int
+run_entry(void *arg)
+{
+	assert(arg != NULL);
+	NativeEntryArg casted_arg = *(NativeEntryArg*) arg;
+	ThreadEntry entry = casted_arg.entry;
+	uint32_t error_result = casted_arg.error_result.value;
+	free(arg);
+	if (!entry.callback) {
+		return error_result;
+	}
+	ThreadResult result = entry.callback(entry.env);
+	return result.value;
+}
+
+Thread
+thread_spawn(ThreadEntry entry, ThreadResult error_result)
+{
+	NativeEntryArg *native_arg = T_ALLOC(1, NativeEntryArg);
+	if (!native_arg) {
+		return THREAD_NONE;
+	}
+	*native_arg = (NativeEntryArg) {
+		.entry = entry,
+		.error_result = error_result,
+	};
+	Thread th;
+	thrd_t handle;
+	int error;
+	if (!new_uninitialized(&th)) {
+		free(native_arg);
+		return THREAD_NONE;
+	}
+	error = thrd_create(&handle, &run_entry, native_arg);  // calls free(native_arg) if error == 0
+	if (error != thrd_success) {
+#ifdef ENOMEM
+		if (error == thrd_nomem) {
+			errno = ENOMEM;
+		}
+#endif
+		free(native_arg);
+		return delete_handle(th);
+	}
+	initialize_handle(&th, handle);
+	return th;
+}
+
+Thread
+thread_delete_handle(Thread th)
+{
+	return delete_handle(th);
+}
+
+bool
+thread_join(Thread th, ThreadResult *result_ptr)
+{
+	if (!th.opaque) {
+#ifdef EINVAL
+		errno = EINVAL;
+#endif
+		return false;
+	}
+	thrd_t handle = get_handle(th);
+	int32_t *retval = NULL;
+	if (result_ptr) {
+		result_ptr->pointer = NULL;
+		retval = (int32_t*) &result_ptr->value;
+	}
+	int error = thrd_join(handle, retval);
+	if (error != thrd_success) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+void
+thread_exit(ThreadResult result)
+{
+	thrd_exit(result.value);
+}
+
+bool
+thread_yield()
+{
+	thrd_yield();
+	return true;
+}