diff --git a/msfcli b/msfcli
index e47b4fdf0f..6f9486beac 100755
--- a/msfcli
+++ b/msfcli
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ require 'msf/base'
 
 Indent = '   ' 
 
+if(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/)
+	$stderr.puts "[*] The msfconsole interface is not supported on the native Windows Ruby interpreter.\n"
+	$stderr.puts "    Things will break, exploits will fail, payloads will not be handled correctly.\n"
+	$stderr.puts "    Please use the msfweb 'console' or install Cygwin or Linux in VMWare.\n\n"
+end
+
 # Initialize the simplified framework instance.
 $framework = Msf::Simple::Framework.create
 
diff --git a/msfconsole b/msfconsole
index 8e2193a448..c62d3b109a 100755
--- a/msfconsole
+++ b/msfconsole
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ require 'rex'
 require 'msf/ui'
 require 'optparse'
 
+if(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/)
+	$stderr.puts "[*] The msfconsole interface is not supported on the native Windows Ruby interpreter.\n"
+	$stderr.puts "    Things will break, exploits will fail, payloads will not be handled correctly.\n"
+	$stderr.puts "    Please use the msfweb 'console' or install Cygwin or Linux in VMWare.\n\n"
+end
+
 class OptsConsole
 	#
 	# Return a hash describing the options.