diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2926f45f6..90da9674bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+**Features**:
+
+- Add WinGDK (Gaming.Desktop.x64) platform support ([#1631](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1631))
+
 ## 0.13.5
 
 **Features**:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51a4451e2c..1a631ae7fe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Prospero")
 	set(PROSPERO TRUE)
 elseif("${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}" MATCHES "Gaming\\.Xbox\\.(Scarlett|XboxOne)\\.x64")
 	set(XBOX TRUE)
+elseif("${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}" MATCHES "Gaming\\.Desktop\\.x64")
+	set(WINGDK TRUE)
 endif()
 
 #setup sentry library type
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ if(SENTRY_EMBED_INFO_ITEMS)
 	endforeach()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT XBOX)
+if(NOT XBOX AND NOT WINGDK)
 	option(SENTRY_LINK_PTHREAD "Link platform threads library" ON)
 	if(SENTRY_LINK_PTHREAD)
 		set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ option(SENTRY_ENABLE_INSTALL "Enable sentry installation" "${SENTRY_MAIN_PROJECT
 if(MSVC AND CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET MATCHES "_xp$")
 	message(WARNING "Crashpad is not supported for MSVC with XP toolset. Default backend was switched to 'breakpad'")
 	set(SENTRY_DEFAULT_BACKEND "breakpad")
-elseif(MSVC AND XBOX)
+elseif(MSVC AND (XBOX OR WINGDK))
 	set(SENTRY_DEFAULT_BACKEND "breakpad")
 elseif((APPLE AND NOT IOS) OR WIN32 OR LINUX)
 	set(SENTRY_DEFAULT_BACKEND "crashpad")
@@ -604,7 +606,7 @@ if(SENTRY_TRANSPORT_WINHTTP)
 endif()
 
 # handle platform threads library
-if(NOT XBOX)
+if(NOT XBOX AND NOT WINGDK)
 	if(SENTRY_LINK_PTHREAD)
 		list(APPEND _SENTRY_PLATFORM_LIBS "Threads::Threads")
 	endif()
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index de6e0cee14..1247e1ec67 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #    define SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 #    ifdef _GAMING_XBOX
 #        define SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX
+#    elif defined(_GAMING_DESKTOP)
+#        define SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINGDK
 #    endif
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 #    include <TargetConditionals.h>
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native.android"
 #    elif defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
 #        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native.xbox"
+#    elif defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINGDK)
+#        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native.wingdk"
 #    else
 #        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native"
 #    endif