diff --git a/src/windows/installer-translations/english.nsi b/src/windows/installer-translations/english.nsi
index 2a5d2a210..1ff59dbca 100644
--- a/src/windows/installer-translations/english.nsi
+++ b/src/windows/installer-translations/english.nsi
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ LangString inst_startmenu ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Create Start Menu Shortcut"
 LangString inst_torrent ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Open .torrent files with qBittorrent"
 ;LangString inst_magnet ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Open magnet links with qBittorrent"
 LangString inst_magnet ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Open magnet links with qBittorrent"
+;LangString inst_firewall ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Add Windows Firewall rule"
+LangString inst_firewall ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Add Windows Firewall rule"
 
 
 ;------------------------------------
@@ -25,3 +27,5 @@ LangString remove_associations ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove file associations"
 LangString remove_registry ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove registry keys"
 ;LangString remove_conf ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove configuration files"
 LangString remove_conf ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove configuration files"
+;LangString remove_firewall ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove Windows Firewall rule"
+LangString remove_firewall ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Remove Windows Firewall rule"
diff --git a/src/windows/installer.nsi b/src/windows/installer.nsi
index 86b175606..7a16c0d36 100644
--- a/src/windows/installer.nsi
+++ b/src/windows/installer.nsi
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ Section $(inst_magnet) ;"Open magnet links with qBittorrent"
   
 SectionEnd
 
+Section $(inst_firewall)
+
+  nsisFirewall::AddAuthorizedApplication "$INSTDIR\qbittorrent.exe" "qBittorrent" 
+    
+SectionEnd
+
 ;--------------------------------
 
 Function .onInit	
diff --git a/src/windows/uninstaller.nsi b/src/windows/uninstaller.nsi
index 606ec2492..9f6e16a8e 100644
--- a/src/windows/uninstaller.nsi
+++ b/src/windows/uninstaller.nsi
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ Section "un.$(remove_registry)" ;"un.Remove registry keys"
   DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\qbittorrent"
 SectionEnd
 
+Section "un.$(remove_firewall)" ;
+
+  nsisFirewall::RemoveAuthorizedApplication "$INSTDIR\qbittorrent.exe"
+  
+SectionEnd
+
 Section /o "un.$(remove_conf)" ;"un.Remove configuration files"
   System::Call 'shell32::SHGetSpecialFolderPath(i $HWNDPARENT, t .r1, i ${CSIDL_APPDATA}, i0)i.r0'  
   RMDir /r "$1\qBittorrent"