diff --git a/hosts/nixos-wsl/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos-wsl/configuration.nix
index 874d710..1c28a0d 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos-wsl/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos-wsl/configuration.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 {
   config = {
     networking.hostName = "nixos-wsl";
-    nixfiles.profile.base.enable = true;
+
+    nixfiles = {
+      profile.base.enable = true;
+      binfmt.enable = true;
+    };
+
     networking.networkmanager.enable = false;
     programs.gnupg.agent = {
       enable = true;
diff --git a/system/hardware/binfmt.nix b/system/hardware/binfmt.nix
index 9247702..2bc75d1 100644
--- a/system/hardware/binfmt.nix
+++ b/system/hardware/binfmt.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, lib, options, ... }:
 let
 
   configForSystem = (system:
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkMerge [
-    (lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && (builtins.length emulatedSystems) > 0) {
-      boot.binfmt = {inherit emulatedSystems;}; 
+  config = let
+    enable = cfg.enable && (builtins.length emulatedSystems) > 0;
+  in lib.mkMerge [
+    (lib.mkIf enable {
+      boot.binfmt = {inherit emulatedSystems;};
+    })
+
+    # keep Windows binfmt registration on wsl
+    (lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && lib.hasAttrByPath [ "wsl" "interop" "register" ] options) {
+      wsl.interop.register = lib.mkDefault true;
     })
   ];
 }