diff --git a/.changeset/quick-masks-count.md b/.changeset/quick-masks-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..496f953b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quick-masks-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'docusaurus-plugin-typedoc': patch
+---
+
+- Correctly handle typedoc executable in Windows (#762).
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-typedoc/src/plugins/docusaurus.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-typedoc/src/plugins/docusaurus.ts
index abe052d6..1e53d8e6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-typedoc/src/plugins/docusaurus.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-typedoc/src/plugins/docusaurus.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ async function generateTypedoc(context: any, opts: Partial<any>) {
   const { plugin, ...options } = getPluginOptions(context, opts);
 
   // spawn typedoc process and pass docusaurus.config options as a string
+
+  const typedocExecutable = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'typedoc.cmd' : 'typedoc';
+
   spawnSync(
-    'typedoc',
+    typedocExecutable,
     [
       ...plugin.flatMap((plugin) => ['--plugin', plugin]),
       '--docusaurusConfigOptions',