diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
index 083824bcd0..cdab9e2f71 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
@@ -388,6 +388,27 @@ pub(crate) mod module {
         }
     }
 
+    #[pyfunction]
+    fn getlogin(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<String> {
+        let mut buffer = [0u16; 257];
+        let mut size = buffer.len() as u32;
+
+        let success = unsafe {
+            windows_sys::Win32::System::WindowsProgramming::GetUserNameW(
+                buffer.as_mut_ptr(),
+                &mut size,
+            )
+        };
+
+        if success != 0 {
+            // Convert the buffer (which is UTF-16) to a Rust String
+            let username = std::ffi::OsString::from_wide(&buffer[..(size - 1) as usize]);
+            Ok(username.to_str().unwrap().to_string())
+        } else {
+            Err(vm.new_os_error(format!("Error code: {success}")))
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn raw_set_handle_inheritable(handle: intptr_t, inheritable: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         let flags = if inheritable {
             Foundation::HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT