diff --git a/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs b/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
index 51340f7ecc..df572adb4a 100644
--- a/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
+++ b/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       />
     <Media Id="1" Cabinet="qemu_ga.$(var.QEMU_GA_VERSION).cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
     <Property Id="WHSLogo">1</Property>
+    <Property Id="ARPNOMODIFY" Value="yes" Secure="yes" />
     <MajorUpgrade
       DowngradeErrorMessage="Error: A newer version of QEMU guest agent is already installed."
       />
@@ -121,27 +122,31 @@
               <RegistryValue Type="integer" Name="TypesSupported" Value="7" />
               <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="EventMessageFile" Value="[qemu_ga_directory]qemu-ga.exe" />
             </RegistryKey>
+            <RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
+                         Key="System\CurrentControlSet\Services\QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider">
+              <RegistryValue Type="integer" Name="VssOption" Value="1" />
+            </RegistryKey>
           </Component>
         </Directory>
       </Directory>
     </Directory>
 
-    <Property Id="cmd" Value="cmd.exe"/>
+    <Property Id="rundll" Value="rundll32.exe"/>
     <Property Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="amus"/>
 
     <?ifdef var.InstallVss?>
     <CustomAction Id="RegisterCom"
-              ExeCommand='/c "[qemu_ga_directory]qemu-ga.exe" -s vss-install'
+              ExeCommand='"[qemu_ga_directory]qga-vss.dll",DLLCOMRegister'
               Execute="deferred"
-              Property="cmd"
+              Property="rundll"
               Impersonate="no"
               Return="check"
               >
     </CustomAction>
     <CustomAction Id="UnRegisterCom"
-              ExeCommand='/c "[qemu_ga_directory]qemu-ga.exe" -s vss-uninstall'
+              ExeCommand='"[qemu_ga_directory]qga-vss.dll",DLLCOMUnregister'
               Execute="deferred"
-              Property="cmd"
+              Property="rundll"
               Impersonate="no"
               Return="check"
               >
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp b/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
index b57508fbe0..68662a6dfc 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,15 @@ out:
     return hr;
 }
 
+STDAPI_(void) CALLBACK DLLCOMRegister(HWND, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
+{
+    COMRegister();
+}
+
+STDAPI_(void) CALLBACK DLLCOMUnregister(HWND, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
+{
+    COMUnregister();
+}
 
 static BOOL CreateRegistryKey(LPCTSTR key, LPCTSTR value, LPCTSTR data)
 {
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def b/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def
index 927782c31b..ee97a81427 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 LIBRARY      "QGA-PROVIDER.DLL"
 
 EXPORTS
+	DLLCOMRegister
+	DLLCOMUnregister
 	COMRegister		PRIVATE
 	COMUnregister		PRIVATE
 	DllCanUnloadNow		PRIVATE
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp b/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
index b371affeab..3e998af4a8 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 /* Call QueryStatus every 10 ms while waiting for frozen event */
 #define VSS_TIMEOUT_EVENT_MSEC 10
 
+#define DEFAULT_VSS_BACKUP_TYPE VSS_BT_FULL
+
 #define err_set(e, err, fmt, ...)                                           \
     ((e)->error_setg_win32_wrapper((e)->errp, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, \
                                    err, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__))
@@ -234,6 +236,42 @@ out:
     }
 }
 
+DWORD get_reg_dword_value(HKEY baseKey, LPCSTR subKey, LPCSTR valueName,
+                          DWORD defaultData)
+{
+    DWORD regGetValueError;
+    DWORD dwordData;
+    DWORD dataSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+
+    regGetValueError = RegGetValue(baseKey, subKey, valueName, RRF_RT_DWORD,
+                                   NULL, &dwordData, &dataSize);
+    if (regGetValueError  != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        return defaultData;
+    }
+    return dwordData;
+}
+
+bool is_valid_vss_backup_type(VSS_BACKUP_TYPE vssBT)
+{
+    return (vssBT > VSS_BT_UNDEFINED && vssBT < VSS_BT_OTHER);
+}
+
+VSS_BACKUP_TYPE get_vss_backup_type(
+    VSS_BACKUP_TYPE defaultVssBT = DEFAULT_VSS_BACKUP_TYPE)
+{
+    VSS_BACKUP_TYPE vssBackupType;
+
+    vssBackupType = static_cast<VSS_BACKUP_TYPE>(
+                            get_reg_dword_value(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+                                                QGA_PROVIDER_REGISTRY_ADDRESS,
+                                                "VssOption",
+                                                defaultVssBT));
+    if (!is_valid_vss_backup_type(vssBackupType)) {
+        return defaultVssBT;
+    }
+    return vssBackupType;
+}
+
 void requester_freeze(int *num_vols, void *mountpoints, ErrorSet *errset)
 {
     COMPointer<IVssAsync> pAsync;
@@ -247,6 +285,7 @@ void requester_freeze(int *num_vols, void *mountpoints, ErrorSet *errset)
     DWORD wait_status;
     int num_fixed_drives = 0, i;
     int num_mount_points = 0;
+    VSS_BACKUP_TYPE vss_bt = get_vss_backup_type();
 
     if (vss_ctx.pVssbc) { /* already frozen */
         *num_vols = 0;
@@ -294,7 +333,7 @@ void requester_freeze(int *num_vols, void *mountpoints, ErrorSet *errset)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    hr = vss_ctx.pVssbc->SetBackupState(true, true, VSS_BT_FULL, false);
+    hr = vss_ctx.pVssbc->SetBackupState(true, true, vss_bt, false);
     if (FAILED(hr)) {
         err_set(errset, hr, "failed to set backup state");
         goto out;
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h b/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h
index 0f8a741ad2..1a7d842129 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/vss-handles.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #define QGA_PROVIDER_NAME "QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider"
 #define QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME L(QGA_PROVIDER_NAME)
 #define QGA_PROVIDER_VERSION L(QEMU_VERSION)
+#define QGA_PROVIDER_REGISTRY_ADDRESS "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet"\
+                                      "\\Services"\
+                                      "\\" QGA_PROVIDER_NAME
 
 #define EVENT_NAME_FROZEN  "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-frozen"
 #define EVENT_NAME_THAW    "Global\\QGAVSSEvent-thaw"