diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
index 27dcdee82..8f7c13d20 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
@@ -402,12 +402,26 @@ pub fn canonicalize<P: AsRef<Path>>(
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
-#[allow(unused_variables)]
 pub fn display_permissions(metadata: &fs::Metadata, display_file_type: bool) -> String {
+    let write = if metadata.permissions().readonly() {
+        '-'
+    } else {
+        'w'
+    };
+
     if display_file_type {
-        return String::from("----------");
+        let file_type = if metadata.is_symlink() {
+            'l'
+        } else if metadata.is_dir() {
+            'd'
+        } else {
+            '-'
+        };
+
+        format!("{0}r{1}xr{1}xr{1}x", file_type, write)
+    } else {
+        format!("r{0}xr{0}xr{0}x", write)
     }
-    String::from("---------")
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 920f8148f..310c84290 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ fn test_ls_long() {
         result.stdout_matches(&Regex::new(r"[-bcCdDlMnpPsStTx?]([r-][w-][xt-]){3}.*").unwrap());
 
         #[cfg(windows)]
-        result.stdout_contains("---------- 1 somebody somegroup");
+        result.stdout_matches(&Regex::new(r"[-dl](r[w-]x){3}.*").unwrap());
     }
 }