diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsLookAndFeel.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsLookAndFeel.java
index 6fe38ab7592a4128aed6e95f663a444a60c88587..7d5e237948cd2f0f7def3ef0e04c7ccef3cc8c1a 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsLookAndFeel.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsLookAndFeel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ public class WindowsLookAndFeel extends BasicLookAndFeel
                    "released SPACE", "released"
                  }),
 
+            "Caret.width",
+                  new DesktopProperty("win.caret.width", null),
+
             "CheckBox.font", ControlFont,
             "CheckBox.interiorBackground", WindowBackgroundColor,
             "CheckBox.background", ControlBackgroundColor,
diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/DefaultCaret.java b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/DefaultCaret.java
index 79a0ceee1d4b9e7cf8e413a10853e6a231f70cad..40a4af016ecdff56d92daa6053927ad2b894f237 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/DefaultCaret.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/DefaultCaret.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1503,9 +1503,14 @@ public class DefaultCaret extends Rectangle implements Caret, FocusListener, Mou
 
         if (caretWidth > -1) {
             return caretWidth;
+        } else {
+            Object property = UIManager.get("Caret.width");
+            if (property instanceof Integer) {
+                return ((Integer) property).intValue();
+            } else {
+                return 1;
+            }
         }
-
-        return 1;
     }
 
     // --- serialization ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.cpp
index 8d13a97249a090a69f79cb1572df08c0c7fe2f27..6b50ec15c09583681587f3acf2b930a8526a26c5 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void AwtDesktopProperties::GetWindowsParameters() {
     GetNonClientParameters();
     GetIconParameters();
     GetColorParameters();
+    GetCaretParameters();
     GetOtherParameters();
     GetSoundEvents();
     GetSystemProperties();
@@ -636,6 +637,10 @@ void AwtDesktopProperties::GetSoundEvents() {
     SetSoundProperty(TEXT("win.sound.start"), TEXT("SystemStart"));
 }
 
+void AwtDesktopProperties::GetCaretParameters() {
+    SetIntegerProperty(TEXT("win.caret.width"), GetIntegerParameter(SPI_GETCARETWIDTH));
+}
+
 BOOL AwtDesktopProperties::GetBooleanParameter(UINT spi) {
     BOOL        flag;
     SystemParametersInfo(spi, 0, &flag, 0);
diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.h b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.h
index 2bfe7e03c1dd5bb563eca5b88e025954f5e11651..e93530ef2082aa3d13d32fb7f3ca4a0f8f4d285b 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.h
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_DesktopProperties.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class AwtDesktopProperties {
         void GetColorParameters();
         void GetOtherParameters();
         void GetSoundEvents();
+        void GetCaretParameters();
 
         static BOOL GetBooleanParameter(UINT spi);
         static UINT GetIntegerParameter(UINT spi);