diff --git a/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c b/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c
index 1806fb8193c8e553ec39c21688813f9c669c5156..da7d00b081a6f900fb5ac6daefae38bc2490dc3f 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c
+++ b/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c
@@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ static jlong processCreate(
 
                 if (success) {
                     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
-                    DWORD processFlag = CREATE_NO_WINDOW | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
+                    DWORD processFlag = CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
+
+                    /* Suppress popping-up of a console window for non-console applications */
+                    if (GetConsoleWindow() == NULL)
+                        processFlag |= CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
 
                     si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
                     if (!CreateProcessW(
diff --git a/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java
index ebccabdd9c4a2dd5b9b8c0b1f11310843a3242a8..5a55cb6f0f4f54f2d502492a0e2b23ce97e18b8e 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java
@@ -298,11 +298,15 @@ public class Basic {
                     System.exit(5);
                 System.err.print("standard error");
                 System.out.print("standard output");
-            } else if (action.equals("testInheritIO")) {
+            } else if (action.equals("testInheritIO")
+                    || action.equals("testRedirectInherit")) {
                 List<String> childArgs = new ArrayList<String>(javaChildArgs);
                 childArgs.add("testIO");
                 ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(childArgs);
-                pb.inheritIO();
+                if (action.equals("testInheritIO"))
+                    pb.inheritIO();
+                else
+                    redirectIO(pb, INHERIT, INHERIT, INHERIT);
                 ProcessResults r = run(pb);
                 if (! r.out().equals(""))
                     System.exit(7);
@@ -1019,10 +1023,10 @@ public class Basic {
         // Note that this requires __FOUR__ nested JVMs involved in one test,
         // if you count the harness JVM.
         //----------------------------------------------------------------
-        {
+        for (String testName : new String[] { "testInheritIO", "testRedirectInherit" } ) {
             redirectIO(pb, PIPE, PIPE, PIPE);
             List<String> command = pb.command();
-            command.set(command.size() - 1, "testInheritIO");
+            command.set(command.size() - 1, testName);
             Process p = pb.start();
             new PrintStream(p.getOutputStream()).print("standard input");
             p.getOutputStream().close();
diff --git a/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.java b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83bb23d840c30013776d7487bf3b26fb63758b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import static java.lang.ProcessBuilder.Redirect.*;
+
+class InheritIO {
+
+    public static class TestInheritIO {
+        public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+            int err = new ProcessBuilder(args).inheritIO().start().waitFor();
+            System.err.print("exit value: " + err);
+            System.exit(err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class TestRedirectInherit {
+        public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+            int err = new ProcessBuilder(args)
+                    .redirectInput(INHERIT)
+                    .redirectOutput(INHERIT)
+                    .redirectError(INHERIT)
+                    .start().waitFor();
+            System.err.print("exit value: " + err);
+            System.exit(err);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.sh b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b33a0372968a7764ce2f7f0d2a8c1443bb44170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+# accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+# questions.
+#
+
+# @test
+# @bug 8023130
+# @summary (process) ProcessBuilder#inheritIO does not work on Windows
+# @run shell InheritIO.sh
+
+if [ "x${TESTSRC}" = "x" ]; then
+  echo "TESTSRC not set.  Test cannot execute.  Failed."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "x${TESTJAVA}" = "x" ]; then
+  echo "TESTJAVA not set.  Test cannot execute.  Failed."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+JAVA="${TESTJAVA}/bin/java"
+JAVAC="${TESTJAVA}/bin/javac"
+
+cp -f ${TESTSRC}/InheritIO.java .
+
+# compile the class ourselves, so this can run as a standalone test
+
+${JAVAC} InheritIO.java
+RES="$?"
+if [ ${RES} != 0 ]; then
+    echo 'FAIL: Cannot compile InheritIO.java'
+    exit ${RES}
+fi
+
+
+for TEST_NAME in TestInheritIO TestRedirectInherit
+do
+    ${JAVA} ${TESTVMOPTS} -classpath . \
+        'InheritIO$'${TEST_NAME} printf message > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt
+
+    RES="$?"
+    if [ ${RES} != 0 ]; then
+        echo 'FAIL: InheritIO$'${TEST_NAME}' failed with '${RES}
+        exit ${RES}
+    fi
+
+    OUT_EXPECTED='message'
+    OUT_RECEIVED=`cat stdout.txt`
+    if [ "x${OUT_RECEIVED}" != "x${OUT_EXPECTED}" ]; then
+        echo "FAIL: unexpected '${OUT_RECEIVED}' in stdout"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    ERR_EXPECTED='exit value: 0'
+    ERR_RECEIVED=`cat stderr.txt`
+    if [ "x${ERR_RECEIVED}" != "x${ERR_EXPECTED}" ]; then
+        echo "FAIL: unexpected '${ERR_RECEIVED}' in stderr"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo 'PASS: InheritIO works as expected'