diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
index ccdcd3498db..f20ad0e4e86 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 #include "w32fd.h"
 #include "inc\string.h"
 #include "inc\time.h"
+#include "..\..\..\atomicio.h"
+#include "urlmon.h"
 
 #include <wchar.h>
 
@@ -135,6 +137,9 @@ int chroot_path_len = 0;
 /* UTF-16 version of the above */
 wchar_t* chroot_pathw = NULL;
 
+/* motw zone_id initialized to invalid value */
+DWORD motw_zone_id = 5;
+
 int
 usleep(unsigned int useconds)
 {
@@ -2119,3 +2124,100 @@ strrstr(const char *inStr, const char *pattern)
 
 	return last;
 }
+
+int
+add_mark_of_web(const char* filename)
+{
+	if (motw_zone_id > 4) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	char* fileStreamPath = NULL;
+	size_t fileStreamPathLen = strlen(filename) + strlen(":Zone.Identifier") + 1;
+
+	fileStreamPath = malloc(fileStreamPathLen * sizeof(char));
+
+	if (fileStreamPath == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	sprintf_s(fileStreamPath, fileStreamPathLen, "%s:Zone.Identifier", filename);
+
+	int ofd, status = 0;
+	char* zoneIdentifierStr = NULL;
+	size_t zoneIndentifierLen = strlen("[ZoneTransfer]\nZoneId=") + 1 + 1;
+
+	zoneIdentifierStr = malloc(zoneIndentifierLen * sizeof(char));
+
+	if (zoneIdentifierStr == NULL) {
+		status = -1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	sprintf_s(zoneIdentifierStr, zoneIndentifierLen, "[ZoneTransfer]\nZoneId=%d", motw_zone_id);
+
+	// create zone identifer file stream and then write the Mark of the Web to it
+	if ((ofd = open(fileStreamPath, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, USHRT_MAX)) == -1) {
+		status = -1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (atomicio(vwrite, ofd, zoneIdentifierStr, zoneIndentifierLen) != zoneIndentifierLen) {
+		status = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (close(ofd) == -1) {
+		status = -1;
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	free(fileStreamPath);
+	if (zoneIdentifierStr)
+		free(zoneIdentifierStr);
+	return status;
+}
+
+/* Gets the zone identifier value based on the provided hostname, 
+and sets the global motw_zone_id variable with that value. */
+void get_zone_identifier(const char* hostname) {
+	HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
+	if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+		debug("CoInitializeEx for MapUrlToZone failed");
+		return;
+	}
+	IInternetSecurityManager *pIISM = NULL;
+	// CLSID_InternetSecurityManager & IID_IInternetSecurityManager declared in urlmon.h
+	hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_InternetSecurityManager, NULL,
+		CLSCTX_ALL, &IID_IInternetSecurityManager, (void**)&pIISM);
+	if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+		debug("CoCreateInstance for MapUrlToZone failed");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	wchar_t *hostname_w = NULL, *hostformat_w = NULL;
+	hostname_w = utf8_to_utf16(hostname);
+	if (hostname_w == NULL) {
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+	size_t hostname_w_len = wcslen(hostname_w) + wcslen(L"ftp://") + 1;
+	hostformat_w = malloc(hostname_w_len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+	if (hostformat_w == NULL) {
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+	swprintf_s(hostformat_w, hostname_w_len, L"ftp://%s", hostname_w);
+	hr = pIISM->lpVtbl->MapUrlToZone(pIISM, hostformat_w, &motw_zone_id, 0);
+	if (hr == S_OK) {
+		debug("MapUrlToZone zone identifier value: %d", motw_zone_id);
+	}
+	else {
+		motw_zone_id = 5;
+		debug("MapUrlToZone failed, resetting motw_zone_id to invalid value");
+	}
+cleanup:
+	if (pIISM)
+		pIISM->lpVtbl->Release(pIISM);
+	if (hostname_w)
+		free(hostname_w);
+	if (hostformat_w)
+		free(hostformat_w);
+out:
+	CoUninitialize();
+}
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc_internal.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc_internal.h
index a3d63c33d20..f6743229ccd 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc_internal.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc_internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ extern char* chroot_path;
 extern int chroot_path_len;
 extern wchar_t* chroot_pathw;
 
+/* motw zone_id */
+extern DWORD motw_zone_id;
+
 /* removes first '/' for Windows paths that are unix styled. Ex: /c:/ab.cd */
 wchar_t * resolved_path_utf16(const char *);
 char* resolved_path_utf8(const char *);
@@ -82,4 +85,6 @@ wchar_t* get_final_path_by_handle(HANDLE h);
 int lookup_principal_name(const wchar_t * sam_account_name, wchar_t * user_principal_name);
 BOOL is_bash_test_env();
 int bash_to_win_path(const char *in, char *out, const size_t out_len);
-void debug_assert_internal();
\ No newline at end of file
+void debug_assert_internal();
+int add_mark_of_web(const char* filename);
+void get_zone_identifier(const char* hostname);
diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 8bc8dc91b84..67152f50b34 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
 
 #include "sftp-common.h"
 #include "sftp-client.h"
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+#include "misc_internal.h"
+#endif // WINDOWS
 
 extern char *__progname;
 
@@ -1138,6 +1141,9 @@ do_sftp_connect(char *host, char *user, int port, char *sftp_direct,
 		    reminp, remoutp, pidp) < 0)
 			return NULL;
 	}
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	get_zone_identifier(host);
+#endif // WINDOWS
 	return do_init(*reminp, *remoutp, 32768, 64, limit_kbps);
 }
 
@@ -1436,6 +1442,9 @@ tolocal(int argc, char **argv, enum scp_mode_e mode, char *sftp_direct)
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* SCP */
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+		get_zone_identifier(host);
+#endif // WINDOWS
 		xasprintf(&bp, "%s -f %s%s",
 		    cmd, *src == '-' ? "-- " : "", src);
 		if (do_cmd(ssh_program, host, suser, sport, 0, bp,
@@ -2074,6 +2083,12 @@ sink(int argc, char **argv, const char *src)
 		omode = mode;
 		mode |= S_IWUSR;
 #ifdef WINDOWS
+		if (add_mark_of_web(np) == -1) {
+			if (verbose_mode) {
+				note_err("%s: add_mark_of_web failed\n", np);
+			}
+		}
+		
 		// In windows, we would like to inherit the parent folder permissions by setting mode to USHRT_MAX.
 		if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, USHRT_MAX)) == -1) {
 #else
diff --git a/sftp-client.c b/sftp-client.c
index d622c842685..de8e54e11c0 100644
--- a/sftp-client.c
+++ b/sftp-client.c
@@ -1727,6 +1727,11 @@ do_download(struct sftp_conn *conn, const char *remote_path,
 		}
 	}
 	close(local_fd);
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	if (add_mark_of_web(local_path) == -1) {
+		debug("%s: failed to add mark of the web", local_path);
+	}
+#endif // WINDOWS
 	sshbuf_free(msg);
 	free(handle);
 
diff --git a/sftp-server.c b/sftp-server.c
index 4c012b45765..1efd2ae2961 100644
--- a/sftp-server.c
+++ b/sftp-server.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 
 #include "sftp.h"
 #include "sftp-common.h"
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+#include "misc_internal.h"
+#endif // WINDOWS
 
 char *sftp_realpath(const char *, char *); /* sftp-realpath.c */
 
@@ -863,6 +866,19 @@ process_write(u_int32_t id)
 	    (r = sshbuf_get_string(iqueue, &data, &len)) != 0)
 		fatal_fr(r, "parse");
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	char* filepath = resolved_path_utf8(handle_to_name(handle));
+	if (filepath == NULL) {
+		debug("cannot convert handle %d to utf8 filepath for mark of the web", handle);
+	}
+	else {
+		if (add_mark_of_web(filepath) == -1) {
+			debug("add_mark_of_web to %s failed", filepath);
+		}
+		free(filepath);
+	}
+#endif // WINDOWS
+
 	debug("request %u: write \"%s\" (handle %d) off %llu len %zu",
 	    id, handle_to_name(handle), handle, (unsigned long long)off, len);
 	fd = handle_to_fd(handle);
@@ -1897,6 +1913,10 @@ sftp_server_main(int argc, char **argv, struct passwd *user_pw)
 	logit("session opened for local user %s from [%s]",
 	    pw->pw_name, client_addr);
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	get_zone_identifier(client_addr);
+#endif // WINDOWS
+
 	in = STDIN_FILENO;
 	out = STDOUT_FILENO;
 
diff --git a/sftp.c b/sftp.c
index a70ca27db50..8832350e235 100644
--- a/sftp.c
+++ b/sftp.c
@@ -2637,6 +2637,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	freeargs(&args);
 
 	conn = do_init(in, out, copy_buffer_len, num_requests, limit_kbps);
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	get_zone_identifier(host);
+#endif //WINDOWS
 	if (conn == NULL)
 		fatal("Couldn't initialise connection to server");