diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
index f1cb7d027f74..0d6e72303303 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
@@ -582,6 +582,11 @@
   value: @IS_NOT_NIGHTLY_BUILD@
   mirror: always
 
+- name: apz.windows.use_direct_manipulation
+  type: RelaxedAtomicBool
+  value: false
+  mirror: always
+
 - name: apz.x_skate_highmem_adjust
   type: AtomicFloat
   value: 0.0f
diff --git a/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.cpp b/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f9746283c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "DirectManipulationOwner.h"
+#include "nsWindow.h"
+
+// Direct Manipulation is only defined for Win8 and newer.
+#if defined(_WIN32_WINNT)
+#  undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#  define _WIN32_WINNT _WIN32_WINNT_WIN8
+#endif  // defined(_WIN32_WINNT)
+#if defined(NTDDI_VERSION)
+#  undef NTDDI_VERSION
+#  define NTDDI_VERSION NTDDI_WIN8
+#endif  // defined(NTDDI_VERSION)
+
+#include "directmanipulation.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace widget {
+
+class DManipEventHandler : public IDirectManipulationViewportEventHandler,
+                           public IDirectManipulationInteractionEventHandler {
+ public:
+  friend class DirectManipulationOwner;
+
+  NS_INLINE_DECL_THREADSAFE_REFCOUNTING(DManipEventHandler)
+
+  STDMETHODIMP QueryInterface(REFIID, void**) override;
+
+  explicit DManipEventHandler(nsWindow* aWindow,
+                              DirectManipulationOwner* aOwner)
+      : mWindow(aWindow), mOwner(aOwner) {}
+
+  HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE OnViewportStatusChanged(
+      IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport, DIRECTMANIPULATION_STATUS current,
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_STATUS previous) override;
+
+  HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
+  OnViewportUpdated(IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport) override;
+
+  HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
+  OnContentUpdated(IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport,
+                   IDirectManipulationContent* content) override;
+
+  HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
+  OnInteraction(IDirectManipulationViewport2* viewport,
+                DIRECTMANIPULATION_INTERACTION_TYPE interaction) override;
+
+ private:
+  virtual ~DManipEventHandler() = default;
+
+  nsWindow* mWindow;
+  DirectManipulationOwner* mOwner;
+};
+
+STDMETHODIMP
+DManipEventHandler::QueryInterface(REFIID iid, void** ppv) {
+  const IID IID_IDirectManipulationViewportEventHandler =
+      __uuidof(IDirectManipulationViewportEventHandler);
+  const IID IID_IDirectManipulationInteractionEventHandler =
+      __uuidof(IDirectManipulationInteractionEventHandler);
+
+  if ((IID_IUnknown == iid) ||
+      (IID_IDirectManipulationViewportEventHandler == iid)) {
+    *ppv = static_cast<IDirectManipulationViewportEventHandler*>(this);
+    AddRef();
+    return S_OK;
+  }
+  if (IID_IDirectManipulationInteractionEventHandler == iid) {
+    *ppv = static_cast<IDirectManipulationInteractionEventHandler*>(this);
+    AddRef();
+    return S_OK;
+  }
+
+  return E_NOINTERFACE;
+}
+
+HRESULT
+DManipEventHandler::OnViewportStatusChanged(
+    IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport, DIRECTMANIPULATION_STATUS current,
+    DIRECTMANIPULATION_STATUS previous) {
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+HRESULT
+DManipEventHandler::OnViewportUpdated(IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport) {
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+HRESULT
+DManipEventHandler::OnContentUpdated(IDirectManipulationViewport* viewport,
+                                     IDirectManipulationContent* content) {
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+HRESULT
+DManipEventHandler::OnInteraction(
+    IDirectManipulationViewport2* viewport,
+    DIRECTMANIPULATION_INTERACTION_TYPE interaction) {
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+DirectManipulationOwner::DirectManipulationOwner(nsWindow* aWindow)
+    : mWindow(aWindow) {}
+
+DirectManipulationOwner::~DirectManipulationOwner() { Destroy(); }
+
+void DirectManipulationOwner::Init(const LayoutDeviceIntRect& aBounds) {
+  HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(
+      CLSID_DirectManipulationManager, nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
+      IID_IDirectManipulationManager, getter_AddRefs(mDmManager));
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("CoCreateInstance(CLSID_DirectManipulationManager failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmManager->GetUpdateManager(IID_IDirectManipulationUpdateManager,
+                                    getter_AddRefs(mDmUpdateManager));
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("GetUpdateManager failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  HWND wnd = static_cast<HWND>(mWindow->GetNativeData(NS_NATIVE_WINDOW));
+
+  hr = mDmManager->CreateViewport(nullptr, wnd, IID_IDirectManipulationViewport,
+                                  getter_AddRefs(mDmViewport));
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("CreateViewport failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION configuration =
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_INTERACTION |
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_TRANSLATION_X |
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_TRANSLATION_Y |
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_TRANSLATION_INERTIA |
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_RAILS_X |
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_RAILS_Y;
+  if (StaticPrefs::apz_allow_zooming()) {
+    configuration |= DIRECTMANIPULATION_CONFIGURATION_SCALING;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmViewport->ActivateConfiguration(configuration);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("ActivateConfiguration failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmViewport->SetViewportOptions(
+      DIRECTMANIPULATION_VIEWPORT_OPTIONS_MANUALUPDATE);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("SetViewportOptions failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  mDmHandler = new DManipEventHandler(mWindow, this);
+
+  hr = mDmViewport->AddEventHandler(wnd, mDmHandler.get(),
+                                    &mDmViewportHandlerCookie);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("AddEventHandler failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  RECT rect = {0, 0, aBounds.Width(), aBounds.Height()};
+  hr = mDmViewport->SetViewportRect(&rect);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("SetViewportRect failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmManager->Activate(wnd);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("manager Activate failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmViewport->Enable();
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("mDmViewport->Enable failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hr = mDmUpdateManager->Update(nullptr);
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    NS_WARNING("mDmUpdateManager->Update failed");
+    mDmManager = nullptr;
+    mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+    mDmViewport = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler = nullptr;
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+void DirectManipulationOwner::ResizeViewport(
+    const LayoutDeviceIntRect& aBounds) {
+  if (mDmViewport) {
+    RECT rect = {0, 0, aBounds.Width(), aBounds.Height()};
+    HRESULT hr = mDmViewport->SetViewportRect(&rect);
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+      NS_WARNING("SetViewportRect failed");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void DirectManipulationOwner::Destroy() {
+  if (mDmHandler) {
+    mDmHandler->mWindow = nullptr;
+    mDmHandler->mOwner = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  HRESULT hr;
+  if (mDmViewport) {
+    hr = mDmViewport->Stop();
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+      NS_WARNING("mDmViewport->Stop() failed");
+    }
+
+    hr = mDmViewport->Disable();
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+      NS_WARNING("mDmViewport->Disable() failed");
+    }
+
+    hr = mDmViewport->RemoveEventHandler(mDmViewportHandlerCookie);
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+      NS_WARNING("mDmViewport->RemoveEventHandler() failed");
+    }
+
+    hr = mDmViewport->Abandon();
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+      NS_WARNING("mDmViewport->Abandon() failed");
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (mWindow) {
+    HWND wnd = static_cast<HWND>(mWindow->GetNativeData(NS_NATIVE_WINDOW));
+
+    if (mDmManager) {
+      hr = mDmManager->Deactivate(wnd);
+      if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+        NS_WARNING("mDmManager->Deactivate() failed");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  mDmHandler = nullptr;
+  mDmViewport = nullptr;
+  mDmUpdateManager = nullptr;
+  mDmManager = nullptr;
+  mWindow = nullptr;
+}
+
+void DirectManipulationOwner::SetContact(UINT aContactId) {
+  if (mDmViewport) {
+    mDmViewport->SetContact(aContactId);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace widget
+}  // namespace mozilla
diff --git a/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.h b/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df928cb79f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widget/windows/DirectManipulationOwner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef DirectManipulationOwner_h__
+#define DirectManipulationOwner_h__
+
+#include "Units.h"
+#include "WinDef.h"
+
+class nsWindow;
+class IDirectManipulationManager;
+class IDirectManipulationUpdateManager;
+class IDirectManipulationViewport;
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace widget {
+
+class DManipEventHandler;
+
+class DirectManipulationOwner {
+ public:
+  typedef mozilla::LayoutDeviceIntRect LayoutDeviceIntRect;
+
+  explicit DirectManipulationOwner(nsWindow* aWindow);
+  ~DirectManipulationOwner();
+  void Init(const LayoutDeviceIntRect& aBounds);
+  void ResizeViewport(const LayoutDeviceIntRect& aBounds);
+  void Destroy();
+
+  void SetContact(UINT aContactId);
+
+ private:
+  nsWindow* mWindow;
+  DWORD mDmViewportHandlerCookie;
+  RefPtr<IDirectManipulationManager> mDmManager;
+  RefPtr<IDirectManipulationUpdateManager> mDmUpdateManager;
+  RefPtr<IDirectManipulationViewport> mDmViewport;
+  RefPtr<DManipEventHandler> mDmHandler;
+};
+
+}  // namespace widget
+}  // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif  // #ifndef DirectManipulationOwner_h__
diff --git a/widget/windows/moz.build b/widget/windows/moz.build
index 53f180f27387..ed6a941f882a 100644
--- a/widget/windows/moz.build
+++ b/widget/windows/moz.build
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ SOURCES += [
     'WinMouseScrollHandler.cpp',
 ]
 
+# These files redefine the winsdk api version macro and we don't want it to leak to other files.
+SOURCES += [
+    'DirectManipulationOwner.cpp',
+]
+
 # Needs INITGUID and we don't allow INITGUID in unified sources since bug 970429.
 SOURCES += [
     'InputDeviceUtils.cpp',
diff --git a/widget/windows/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/windows/nsWindow.cpp
index c49ca226be9b..7297af9d0098 100644
--- a/widget/windows/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/windows/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/MiscEvents.h"
 #include "mozilla/MouseEvents.h"
 #include "mozilla/TouchEvents.h"
+#include "mozilla/TimeStamp.h"
 
 #include "mozilla/ipc/MessageChannel.h"
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@
 #include "mozilla/Telemetry.h"
 #include "mozilla/plugins/PluginProcessParent.h"
 #include "mozilla/webrender/WebRenderAPI.h"
+#include "mozilla/layers/IAPZCTreeManager.h"
+
+#include "DirectManipulationOwner.h"
 
 using namespace mozilla;
 using namespace mozilla::dom;
@@ -712,6 +716,47 @@ static bool ShouldCacheTitleBarInfo(nsWindowType aWindowType,
           !nsUXThemeData::sTitlebarInfoPopulatedAero);
 }
 
+void nsWindow::RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded() {
+  DestroyDirectManipulation();
+
+  if (mWindowType != eWindowType_toplevel && mWindowType != eWindowType_popup) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!StaticPrefs::apz_windows_use_direct_manipulation() ||
+      StaticPrefs::apz_windows_force_disable_direct_manipulation()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!IsWin10OrLater()) {
+    // Chrome source said the Windows Direct Manipulation implementation had
+    // important bugs until Windows 10 (although IE on Windows 8.1 seems to use
+    // Direct Manipulation).
+    return;
+  }
+
+  mDmOwner = MakeUnique<DirectManipulationOwner>(this);
+
+  LayoutDeviceIntRect bounds(mBounds.X(), mBounds.Y(), mBounds.Width(),
+                             GetHeight(mBounds.Height()));
+  mDmOwner->Init(bounds);
+}
+
+void nsWindow::ResizeDirectManipulationViewport() {
+  if (mDmOwner) {
+    LayoutDeviceIntRect bounds(mBounds.X(), mBounds.Y(), mBounds.Width(),
+                               GetHeight(mBounds.Height()));
+    mDmOwner->ResizeViewport(bounds);
+  }
+}
+
+void nsWindow::DestroyDirectManipulation() {
+  if (mDmOwner) {
+    mDmOwner->Destroy();
+    mDmOwner.reset();
+  }
+}
+
 // Create the proper widget
 nsresult nsWindow::Create(nsIWidget* aParent, nsNativeWidget aNativeParent,
                           const LayoutDeviceIntRect& aRect,
@@ -915,6 +960,9 @@ nsresult nsWindow::Create(nsIWidget* aParent, nsNativeWidget aNativeParent,
       ::PostMessage(mWnd, MOZ_WM_STARTA11Y, 0, 0);
     }
   }
+
+  RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded();
+
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -932,6 +980,8 @@ void nsWindow::Destroy() {
   // deleted.
   nsCOMPtr<nsIWidget> kungFuDeathGrip(this);
 
+  DestroyDirectManipulation();
+
   /**
    * On windows the LayerManagerOGL destructor wants the widget to be around for
    * cleanup. It also would like to have the HWND intact, so we nullptr it here.
@@ -1227,6 +1277,7 @@ void nsWindow::SetParent(nsIWidget* aNewParent) {
   if (mWnd) {
     // If we have no parent, SetParent should return the desktop.
     VERIFY(::SetParent(mWnd, nullptr));
+    RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded();
   }
 }
 
@@ -1241,6 +1292,7 @@ void nsWindow::ReparentNativeWidget(nsIWidget* aNewParent) {
   NS_ASSERTION(newParent, "Parent widget has a null native window handle");
   if (newParent && mWnd) {
     ::SetParent(mWnd, newParent);
+    RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded();
   }
 }
 
@@ -1818,6 +1870,8 @@ void nsWindow::Move(double aX, double aY) {
     }
 
     SetThemeRegion();
+
+    ResizeDirectManipulationViewport();
   }
   NotifyRollupGeometryChange();
 }
@@ -1864,6 +1918,8 @@ void nsWindow::Resize(double aWidth, double aHeight, bool aRepaint) {
       ChangedDPI();
     }
     SetThemeRegion();
+
+    ResizeDirectManipulationViewport();
   }
 
   if (aRepaint) Invalidate();
@@ -1922,6 +1978,8 @@ void nsWindow::Resize(double aX, double aY, double aWidth, double aHeight,
                      SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
     }
     SetThemeRegion();
+
+    ResizeDirectManipulationViewport();
   }
 
   if (aRepaint) Invalidate();
@@ -3502,6 +3560,7 @@ void nsWindow::SetNativeData(uint32_t aDataType, uintptr_t aVal) {
                             ? mWnd
                             : WinUtils::GetTopLevelHWND(mWnd);
       SetChildStyleAndParent(childHwnd, parentHwnd);
+      RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded();
       break;
     }
     default:
@@ -5611,6 +5670,17 @@ bool nsWindow::ProcessMessage(UINT msg, WPARAM& wParam, LPARAM& lParam,
       }
       break;
 
+    case DM_POINTERHITTEST:
+      if (mDmOwner) {
+        UINT contactId = GET_POINTERID_WPARAM(wParam);
+        POINTER_INPUT_TYPE pointerType;
+        if (mPointerEvents.GetPointerType(contactId, &pointerType) &&
+            pointerType == PT_TOUCHPAD) {
+          mDmOwner->SetContact(contactId);
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+
     case WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
       result = DispatchMouseEvent(eMouseDoubleClick, wParam, lParam, false,
                                   MouseButton::eLeft, MOUSE_INPUT_SOURCE());
diff --git a/widget/windows/nsWindow.h b/widget/windows/nsWindow.h
index c7fe11b828a4..eea73ba2074a 100644
--- a/widget/windows/nsWindow.h
+++ b/widget/windows/nsWindow.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/TimeStamp.h"
 #include "mozilla/webrender/WebRenderTypes.h"
 #include "mozilla/dom/MouseEventBinding.h"
+#include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h"
 #include "nsMargin.h"
 #include "nsRegionFwd.h"
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ namespace widget {
 class NativeKey;
 class InProcessWinCompositorWidget;
 struct MSGResult;
+class DirectManipulationOwner;
 }  // namespace widget
 }  // namespace mozilla
 
@@ -564,6 +566,10 @@ class nsWindow final : public nsWindowBase {
   void CreateCompositor() override;
   void RequestFxrOutput();
 
+  void RecreateDirectManipulationIfNeeded();
+  void ResizeDirectManipulationViewport();
+  void DestroyDirectManipulation();
+
  protected:
   nsCOMPtr<nsIWidget> mParent;
   nsIntSize mLastSize;
@@ -728,6 +734,8 @@ class nsWindow final : public nsWindowBase {
   // When true, used to indicate an async call to RequestFxrOutput to the GPU
   // process after the Compositor is created
   bool mRequestFxrOutputPending;
+
+  mozilla::UniquePtr<mozilla::widget::DirectManipulationOwner> mDmOwner;
 };
 
 #endif  // Window_h__