diff --git a/browser.go b/browser.go
index d92c4cd..76036f5 100644
--- a/browser.go
+++ b/browser.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ func OpenURL(url string) error {
 
 func runCmd(prog string, args ...string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command(prog, args...)
-	cmd.Stdout = Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = Stderr
 	return cmd.Run()
 }
diff --git a/browser_linux.go b/browser_linux.go
index bed47dd..1cb7a1c 100644
--- a/browser_linux.go
+++ b/browser_linux.go
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 package browser
 
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func hasProgram(name string) bool {
+	_, err := exec.LookPath(name)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 func openBrowser(url string) error {
+	// Windows Subsystem for Linux (bash for Windows) doesn't have xdg-open available
+	// but you can execute cmd.exe from there; try to identify it
+	if !hasProgram("xdg-open") && hasProgram("cmd.exe") {
+		r := strings.NewReplacer("&", "^&")
+		return runCmd("cmd.exe", "/c", "start", r.Replace(url))
+	}
+
 	return runCmd("xdg-open", url)
 }