diff --git a/compiler/test/compilable/importc_wchar_t.d b/compiler/test/compilable/importc_wchar_t.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c07e27d5fcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/compilable/importc_wchar_t.d
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// EXTRA_SOURCES: imports/importc_wchar_t_c.c
+
+import importc_wchar_t_c;
+
+version (Windows)
+{
+    /+ On Windows, we expect C's `wchar_t` to be D's `wchar`. +/
+
+    static assert(is(typeof(wchar_t_aggregate.w) == wchar));
+
+    alias Func = extern(C) void function(const(wchar)* str);
+
+    Func wcharT()
+    {
+        wchar c = 0;
+        wchar_t_aggregate w = wchar_t_aggregate('W');
+        w.p = &c;
+
+        accept_wchar_t_string("Hello, World!");
+        accept_wchar_t_string("Hello, World!"w.ptr);
+        accept_wchar_t_string(&w.w);
+        accept_wchar_t_string(w.p);
+
+        static if (__traits(hasMember, importc_wchar_t_c, "accept_msvc___wchar_t_string"))
+        {
+            accept_msvc___wchar_t_string("Hello, World!");
+            accept_msvc___wchar_t_string("Hello, World!"w.ptr);
+            accept_msvc___wchar_t_string(&w.w);
+        }
+
+        return &accept_wchar_t_string;
+    }
+}
+else
+{
+    /+ On non-Windows platforms, we expect C's `wchar_t` to be whatever `<stddef.h>` defined it as. +/
+
+    alias WCharT = typeof(wchar_t_aggregate.w);
+    static assert(__traits(isScalar, WCharT));
+
+    alias Func = extern(C) void function(const(WCharT)* str);
+
+    Func wcharT()
+    {
+        WCharT c = 0;
+        wchar_t_aggregate w = wchar_t_aggregate('W');
+        w.p = &c;
+
+        accept_wchar_t_string(&w.w);
+        accept_wchar_t_string(w.p);
+
+        static if (WCharT.sizeof == 4)
+        {
+            accept_wchar_t_string(cast(const(WCharT)*) "Hello, World!"d.ptr);
+        }
+        else static if (WCharT.sizeof == 2)
+        {
+            accept_wchar_t_string(cast(const(WCharT)*) "Hello, World!"w.ptr);
+        }
+        else static if (WCharT.sizeof == 1)
+        {
+            accept_wchar_t_string(cast(const(WCharT)*) "Hello, World!".ptr);
+        }
+
+        return &accept_wchar_t_string;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/test/compilable/imports/importc_wchar_t_c.c b/compiler/test/compilable/imports/importc_wchar_t_c.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ce8e6bb71dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/compilable/imports/importc_wchar_t_c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+_Static_assert(sizeof(__importc_char) == 1, "sizeof(__importc_char) == 1");
+_Static_assert(sizeof(__importc_wchar) == 2, "sizeof(__importc_wchar) == 2");
+_Static_assert(sizeof(__importc_dchar) == 4, "sizeof(__importc_dchar) == 4");
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    wchar_t w;
+    wchar_t *p;
+} wchar_t_aggregate;
+
+void accept_wchar_t_string(const wchar_t *str)
+{}
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    void accept_msvc___wchar_t_string(const __wchar_t *str)
+    {}
+#endif
diff --git a/druntime/src/__importc_builtins.di b/druntime/src/__importc_builtins.di
index 03bb22a74021..0256553af5da 100644
--- a/druntime/src/__importc_builtins.di
+++ b/druntime/src/__importc_builtins.di
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ version (CRuntime_Microsoft)
     alias __int64 = long;
 }
 
+/* Make D's character types available in ImportC.
+ */
+alias __importc_char = char;
+alias __importc_wchar = wchar;
+alias __importc_dchar = dchar;
+
 /*********** floating point *************/
 
 /* https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html
diff --git a/druntime/src/importc.h b/druntime/src/importc.h
index 66d45ea920c4..c6b7d469112d 100644
--- a/druntime/src/importc.h
+++ b/druntime/src/importc.h
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@ typedef unsigned short __uint16_t;
 typedef unsigned int __uint32_t;
 typedef unsigned long long __uint64_t;
 
+/* wchar_t */
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#ifndef _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
+// On Windows, wchar_t is defined as an unsigned 16-bit integer: the same as D's wchar.
+typedef __importc_wchar wchar_t;
+#define _WCHAR_T_DEFINED 1
+#define _NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED 1
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+// Microsoft go a step further and have a proper built-in type.
+typedef __importc_wchar __wchar_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /*********************
  * Obsolete detritus
  */
diff --git a/spec/importc.dd b/spec/importc.dd
index 66a97c45164f..859b725638e7 100644
--- a/spec/importc.dd
+++ b/spec/importc.dd
@@ -487,6 +487,12 @@ $(H2 $(LNAME2 implementation, Implementation))
     C compiler) on the target platform.
     )
 
+    $(H3 $(LNAME2 wchar_t, `wchar_t`))
+
+    $(P When targeting Windows, `wchar_t` is a `typedef` for $(RELATIVE_LINK2 d-character-types, `__importc_wchar`).
+    When targeting platforms other than Windows, `wchar_t` receives no special treatment
+    and thus is defined by the `<stddef.h>` header, as usual.)
+
     $(H3 $(LNAME2 implicit-function-declaration, Implicit Function Declarations))
 
     $(P Implicit function declarations:)
@@ -731,6 +737,11 @@ _Static_assert(sizeof(A) == 1, "A should be size 1");
 )
 
 
+    $(H3 $(LNAME2 d-character-types, D Character Types))
+
+    $(P D's character types are available in ImportC via the
+    `__importc_char`, `__importc_wchar`, and `__importc_dchar` aliases.)
+
     $(H3 $(LNAME2 register, Register Storage Class))
 
     $(P Objects with `register` storage class are treated as `auto` declarations.)