diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
index 339feb52c134..ed63d524a124 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ NativeWindowViews::NativeWindowViews(
   bool fullscreen = false;
   options.Get(options::kFullscreen, &fullscreen);
 
+  std::string window_type;
+  options.Get(options::kType, &window_type);
+
 #if defined(USE_X11)
   // Start monitoring window states.
   window_state_watcher_.reset(new WindowStateWatcher(this));
@@ -253,9 +256,6 @@ NativeWindowViews::NativeWindowViews(
     state_atom_list.push_back(GetAtom("_NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN"));
   }
 
-  std::string window_type;
-  options.Get(options::kType, &window_type);
-
   if (parent) {
     SetParentWindow(parent);
     // Force using dialog type for child window.
@@ -295,12 +295,13 @@ NativeWindowViews::NativeWindowViews(
     ::SetWindowLong(GetAcceleratedWidget(), GWL_STYLE, frame_style);
   }
 
-  if (!thick_frame_) {
-    // Window without thick frame has to have WS_EX_COMPOSITED style.
-    LONG ex_style = ::GetWindowLong(GetAcceleratedWidget(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+  LONG ex_style = ::GetWindowLong(GetAcceleratedWidget(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+  // Window without thick frame has to have WS_EX_COMPOSITED style.
+  if (!thick_frame_)
     ex_style |= WS_EX_COMPOSITED;
-    ::SetWindowLong(GetAcceleratedWidget(), GWL_EXSTYLE, ex_style);
-  }
+  if (window_type == "toolbar")
+    ex_style |= WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW;
+  ::SetWindowLong(GetAcceleratedWidget(), GWL_EXSTYLE, ex_style);
 #endif
 
   // TODO(zcbenz): This was used to force using native frame on Windows 2003, we
diff --git a/docs/api/browser-window.md b/docs/api/browser-window.md
index 3d48b30010ed..47b403c7a55e 100644
--- a/docs/api/browser-window.md
+++ b/docs/api/browser-window.md
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ supported values are:
     (`kCGDesktopWindowLevel - 1`). Note that desktop window will not receive
     focus, keyboard or mouse events, but you can use `globalShortcut` to receive
     input sparingly.
+* On Windows, possible types are `toolbar`,
 
 The `titleBarStyle` option is only supported on macOS 10.10 Yosemite and newer.
 Possible values are: