diff --git a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
index f614bd0e3..0b2bcae28 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
@@ -477,6 +477,12 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-Cmake.ps1"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-R.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
diff --git a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
index b7437cd74..700280b17 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-Cmake.ps1"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-R.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-R.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-R.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6f238e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-R.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+################################################################################
+##  File:  Install-R.ps1
+##  Desc:  Install R for Windows
+################################################################################
+
+Choco-Install R.Project
+Choco-Install rtools
+
+$rscriptPath = Resolve-Path "C:\Program Files\R\*\bin\x64"
+Add-MachinePathItem $rscriptPath
+Invoke-PesterTests -TestFile "Tools" -TestName "R"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Generator.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Generator.ps1
index d4657c1c4..771bb3b7a 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Generator.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Generator.ps1
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ $markdown += New-MDList -Style Unordered -Lines @(
     (Get-BazelVersion),
     (Get-BazeliskVersion),
     (Get-CMakeVersion),
+    (Get-RVersion),
     (Get-DockerVersion),
     (Get-DockerComposeVersion),
     (Get-GitVersion),
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1 b/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
index ba1d5f9a4..2dc90306c 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ function Get-BazeliskVersion {
     return "Bazelisk $bazeliskVersion"
 }
 
+function Get-RVersion {
+    ($(cmd /c "Rscript --version 2>&1")  | Out-String) -match  "R scripting front-end version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)" | Out-Null
+    $rVersion = $Matches.Version
+    return "R $rVersion"
+}
+
 function Get-CMakeVersion {
     ($(cmake -version) | Out-String) -match  "cmake version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)" | Out-Null
     $cmakeVersion = $Matches.Version
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Tests/Tools.Tests.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Tests/Tools.Tests.ps1
index 87595450d..dd2be77de 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/Tests/Tools.Tests.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Tests/Tools.Tests.ps1
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ Describe "CMake" {
     }
 }
 
+Describe "R" {
+    It "Rscript" {
+        "Rscript --version" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
+    }
+}
+
 Describe "DACFx" {
     It "DACFx" {
         (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*).DisplayName -Contains "Microsoft SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (x64)" | Should -BeTrue