diff --git a/Arduino.mk b/Arduino.mk
index e90d9f0..3e3fc9a 100644
--- a/Arduino.mk
+++ b/Arduino.mk
@@ -1015,7 +1015,11 @@ else
 endif
 
 # Returns the Arduino port (first wildcard expansion) if it exists, otherwise it errors.
-get_monitor_port = $(if $(wildcard $(DEVICE_PATH)),$(firstword $(wildcard $(DEVICE_PATH))),$(error Arduino port $(DEVICE_PATH) not found!))
+ifeq ($(CURRENT_OS), WINDOWS)
+	get_monitor_port = $(DEVICE_PATH)
+else
+	get_monitor_port = $(if $(wildcard $(DEVICE_PATH)),$(firstword $(wildcard $(DEVICE_PATH))),$(error Arduino port $(DEVICE_PATH) not found!))
+endif
 
 # Returns the ISP port (first wildcard expansion) if it exists, otherwise it errors.
 get_isp_port = $(if $(wildcard $(ISP_PORT)),$(firstword $(wildcard $(ISP_PORT))),$(if $(findstring Xusb,X$(ISP_PORT)),$(ISP_PORT),$(error ISP port $(ISP_PORT) not found!)))
@@ -1407,7 +1411,15 @@ show_boards:
 		@$(CAT) "$(BOARDS_TXT)" | grep -E "^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+.name" | sort -uf | sed 's/.name=/:/' | column -s: -t
 
 monitor:
-		$(MONITOR_CMD) $(call get_monitor_port) $(MONITOR_BAUDRATE)
+ifneq ("$(MONITOR_CMD)", "putty")
+	$(MONITOR_CMD) $(call get_monitor_port) $(MONITOR_BAUDRATE)
+else
+    ifneq ($(strip $(MONITOR_PARMS)),)
+		$(MONITOR_CMD) -serial -sercfg $(MONITOR_BAUDRATE),$(MONITOR_PARMS) $(call get_monitor_port)
+    else
+		$(MONITOR_CMD) -serial -sercfg $(MONITOR_BAUDRATE) $(call get_monitor_port)
+    endif
+endif
 
 disasm: $(OBJDIR)/$(TARGET).lss
 		@$(ECHO) "The compiled ELF file has been disassembled to $(OBJDIR)/$(TARGET).lss\n\n"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b7cf4c..ce7a76c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ On Windows (using cygwin), you might want to set:
     MONITOR_PORT  = com3
     BOARD_TAG     = mega2560
 
+On Windows (using MSYS and PuTTY), you might want to set the following extra parameters:
+
+    MONITOR_CMD   = putty
+    MONITOR_PARMS = 8,1,n,N
+
 On Arduino 1.5.x installs, you should set the architecture to either `avr` or `sam` and if using a submenu CPU, then also set that:
 
 	ARCHITECTURE  = avr