diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ef0b67..cb8b3c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 .DS_Store/
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules/
+example/daemon/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8f9137..b610efa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ var svc = new Service({
 });
 ```
 
+### Setting the Service Account
+The user account under which the service executes can be specified in the config as shown below:
+
+```js
+// Create a new service object
+var svc = new Service({
+  name:'Hello World',
+  description: 'The nodejs.org example web server.',
+  script: 'C:\\path\\to\\helloworld.js',
+  serviceAccount:{
+    domain:'domain',
+    user:'username',
+    password:'password'
+  }
+});
+```
 
 ### User Account Attributes
 
diff --git a/bin/winsw/x64/winsw.exe b/bin/winsw/x64/winsw.exe
index 6267ef2..dde94fb 100644
Binary files a/bin/winsw/x64/winsw.exe and b/bin/winsw/x64/winsw.exe differ
diff --git a/example/helloworld.js b/example/helloworld.js
index 65cfc15..ee1b23c 100644
--- a/example/helloworld.js
+++ b/example/helloworld.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 var http = require('http');
 var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
   res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
-  //res.end(JSON.stringify(process.env));
-  res.end('Hello World\n');
+  res.end('hello from ' + process.env['USERNAME']);
 });
 
 server.listen(3000, '127.0.0.1');
@@ -12,4 +11,4 @@ console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');
 /*setTimeout(function(){
   process.exit();
 },15000);
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+*/
diff --git a/example/install.js b/example/install.js
index 006d026..866954a 100644
--- a/example/install.js
+++ b/example/install.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ var svc = new Service({
   env:{
     name: "NODE_ENV",
     value: "production"
+  },
+  serviceAccount:{
+    domain:'domain',
+    user:'username',
+    password:'password'
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/daemon.js b/lib/daemon.js
index f08de1e..c710b0d 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.js
+++ b/lib/daemon.js
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ var daemon = function(config){
           logpath: this.logpath,
           env: config.env,
           flags: config.flags,
-          execPath: this.execPath
+          execPath: this.execPath,
+          serviceAccount: config.serviceAccount
         });
       }
     },
diff --git a/lib/winsw.js b/lib/winsw.js
index 2c58534..106e348 100644
--- a/lib/winsw.js
+++ b/lib/winsw.js
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ module.exports = {
       });
     }
 
+    // Optionally add service account
+    if(config.serviceAccount){
+      xml += '<serviceaccount>';
+      xml += config.serviceAccount.domain? '<domain>' + config.serviceAccount.domain + '</domain>' : '';
+      xml += '<user>' + config.serviceAccount.user + '</user>'
+          + '<password>' + config.serviceAccount.password + '</password>'
+          +  '<allowservicelogon>true</allowservicelogon></serviceaccount>';
+    }
+
     xml += "</service>";
 
     return xml;