diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 51bea77..9931eed 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ Development
 
 - Checkout a clone from https://github.com/nexB/license-expression.git
 
-- Then run ``./configure --dev`` and then ``source tmp/bin/activate``.
+- Then run ``./configure --dev`` and then ``source tmp/bin/activate`` on Linux and POSIX.
   This will install all dependencies in a local virtualenv, including
   development deps.
 
-- On Windows run  ``configure.bat --dev`` and then ``Scripts\bin\activate``.
+- On Windows run  ``configure.bat --dev`` and then ``Scripts\bin\activate`` instead.
 
 - To run the tests, run ``pytest -vvs``
 
diff --git a/configure.bat b/configure.bat
index c12f937..2c7ea44 100755
--- a/configure.bat
+++ b/configure.bat
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
     %PIP_EXTRA_ARGS% ^
     %CFG_REQUIREMENTS%
 
+mklink /J %CFG_ROOT_DIR%\%VIRTUALENV_DIR%\bin %CFG_ROOT_DIR%\%VIRTUALENV_DIR%\Scripts
+
 if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
     exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
 )