diff --git a/rattail/commands.py b/rattail/commands.py
index 5dc1dfe2e62e4173a46b5c36054196265c86aab5..7f1d92789da0aeba6f401c08a9409fb5cf2201f9 100644
--- a/rattail/commands.py
+++ b/rattail/commands.py
@@ -80,22 +80,82 @@ class DatabaseSyncCommand(commands.Subcommand):
             dbsync.stop_daemon()
 
 
-class FileMonitorCommand(commands.FileMonitorCommand):
+class FileMonitorCommand(commands.Subcommand):
     """
     Interacts with the file monitor service; called as ``rattail filemon``.
+    This command expects a subcommand; one of the following:
 
-    See :class:`edbob.commands.FileMonitorCommand` for more information.
+    * ``rattail filemon start``
+    * ``rattail filemon stop``
+
+    On Windows platforms, the following additional subcommands are available:
+
+    * ``rattail filemon install``
+    * ``rattail filemon uninstall`` (or ``rattail filemon remove``)
+
+    .. note::
+       The Windows Vista family of operating systems requires you to launch
+       ``cmd.exe`` as an Administrator in order to have sufficient rights to
+       run the above commands.
+
+    .. See :doc:`howto.use_filemon` for more information.
     """
 
-    appname = 'rattail'
+    name = 'filemon'
+    description = "Manage the file monitor service"
 
-    def get_win32_module(self):
-        from rattail import filemon
-        return filemon
+    def add_parser_args(self, parser):
+        subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands')
 
-    def get_win32_service(self):
-        from rattail.filemon import RattailFileMonitor
-        return RattailFileMonitor
+        start = subparsers.add_parser('start', help="Start service")
+        start.set_defaults(subcommand='start')
+        stop = subparsers.add_parser('stop', help="Stop service")
+        stop.set_defaults(subcommand='stop')
+
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            install = subparsers.add_parser('install', help="Install service")
+            install.set_defaults(subcommand='install')
+            install.add_argument('-a', '--auto-start', action='store_true',
+                                 help="Configure service to start automatically")
+            remove = subparsers.add_parser('remove', help="Uninstall (remove) service")
+            remove.set_defaults(subcommand='remove')
+            uninstall = subparsers.add_parser('uninstall', help="Uninstall (remove) service")
+            uninstall.set_defaults(subcommand='remove')
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        if sys.platform == 'linux2':
+            from edbob.filemon import linux as filemon
+
+            if args.subcommand == 'start':
+                filemon.start_daemon('rattail')
+
+            elif args.subcommand == 'stop':
+                filemon.stop_daemon('rattail')
+
+        elif sys.platform == 'win32':
+            from edbob import win32
+            from rattail import filemon
+            from rattail.win32 import require_elevation
+
+            require_elevation()
+
+            # Execute typical service command.
+            options = []
+            if args.subcommand == 'install' and args.auto_start:
+                options = ['--startup', 'auto']
+            win32.execute_service_command(filemon, args.subcommand, *options)
+
+            # If installing auto-start service on Windows 7, we should update
+            # its startup type to be "Automatic (Delayed Start)".
+            # TODO: Improve this check to include Vista?
+            if args.subcommand == 'install' and args.auto_start:
+                if platform.release() == '7':
+                    name = filemon.RattailFileMonitor._svc_name_
+                    win32.delayed_auto_start_service(name)
+
+        else:
+            sys.stderr.write("File monitor is not supported on platform: {0}\n".format(sys.platform))
+            sys.exit(1)
 
 
 class LoadHostDataCommand(commands.Subcommand):