diff --git a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
index d24245fb8..4852e3bbe 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
@@ -863,6 +863,22 @@ ngx_init_zone_pool(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_shm_zone_t *zn)
             return NGX_OK;
         }
 
+#if (NGX_WIN32)
+
+        /* remap at the required address */
+
+        if (ngx_shm_remap(&zn->shm, sp->addr) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        sp = (ngx_slab_pool_t *) zn->shm.addr;
+
+        if (sp == sp->addr) {
+            return NGX_OK;
+        }
+
+#endif
+
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, 0,
                       "shared zone \"%V\" has no equal addresses: %p vs %p",
                       &zn->shm.name, sp->addr, sp);
diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.c b/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.c
index 5f3af8bc5..c3ed699f7 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.c
+++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.c
@@ -9,11 +9,44 @@
 #include <ngx_core.h>
 
 
+/*
+ * Base addresses selected by system for shared memory mappings are likely
+ * to be different on Windows Vista and later versions due to address space
+ * layout randomization.  This is however incompatible with storing absolute
+ * addresses within the shared memory.
+ *
+ * To make it possible to store absolute addresses we create mappings
+ * at the same address in all processes by starting mappings at predefined
+ * addresses.  The addresses were selected somewhat randomly in order to
+ * minimize the probability that some other library doing something similar
+ * conflicts with us.  The addresses are from the following typically free
+ * blocks:
+ *
+ * - 0x10000000 .. 0x70000000 (about 1.5 GB in total) on 32-bit platforms
+ * - 0x000000007fff0000 .. 0x000007f68e8b0000 (about 8 TB) on 64-bit platforms
+ *
+ * Additionally, we allow to change the mapping address once it was detected
+ * to be different from one originally used.  This is needed to support
+ * reconfiguration.
+ */
+
+
+#ifdef _WIN64
+#define NGX_SHMEM_BASE  0x0000047047e00000
+#else
+#define NGX_SHMEM_BASE  0x2efe0000
+#endif
+
+
+ngx_uint_t  ngx_allocation_granularity;
+
+
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_shm_alloc(ngx_shm_t *shm)
 {
-    u_char    *name;
-    uint64_t   size;
+    u_char         *name;
+    uint64_t        size;
+    static u_char  *base = (u_char *) NGX_SHMEM_BASE;
 
     name = ngx_alloc(shm->name.len + 2 + NGX_INT32_LEN, shm->log);
     if (name == NULL) {
@@ -46,6 +79,27 @@ ngx_shm_alloc(ngx_shm_t *shm)
         shm->exists = 1;
     }
 
+    shm->addr = MapViewOfFileEx(shm->handle, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0, base);
+
+    if (shm->addr != NULL) {
+        base += ngx_align(size, ngx_allocation_granularity);
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    ngx_log_debug3(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, shm->log, ngx_errno,
+                   "MapViewOfFileEx(%uz, %p) of file mapping \"%V\" failed, "
+                   "retry without a base address",
+                   shm->size, base, &shm->name);
+
+    /*
+     * Order of shared memory zones may be different in the master process
+     * and worker processes after reconfiguration.  As a result, the above
+     * may fail due to a conflict with a previously created mapping remapped
+     * to a different address.  Additionally, there may be a conflict with
+     * some other uses of the memory.  In this case we retry without a base
+     * address to let the system assign the address itself.
+     */
+
     shm->addr = MapViewOfFile(shm->handle, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);
 
     if (shm->addr != NULL) {
@@ -66,6 +120,30 @@ ngx_shm_alloc(ngx_shm_t *shm)
 }
 
 
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_shm_remap(ngx_shm_t *shm, u_char *addr)
+{
+    if (UnmapViewOfFile(shm->addr) == 0) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, shm->log, ngx_errno,
+                      "UnmapViewOfFile(%p) of file mapping \"%V\" failed",
+                      shm->addr, &shm->name);
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    shm->addr = MapViewOfFileEx(shm->handle, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0, addr);
+
+    if (shm->addr != NULL) {
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, shm->log, ngx_errno,
+                  "MapViewOfFileEx(%uz, %p) of file mapping \"%V\" failed",
+                  shm->size, addr, &shm->name);
+
+    return NGX_ERROR;
+}
+
+
 void
 ngx_shm_free(ngx_shm_t *shm)
 {
diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.h b/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.h
index 1163d75ac..ee4742933 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.h
+++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_shmem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 ngx_int_t ngx_shm_alloc(ngx_shm_t *shm);
+ngx_int_t ngx_shm_remap(ngx_shm_t *shm, u_char *addr);
 void ngx_shm_free(ngx_shm_t *shm);
 
+extern ngx_uint_t  ngx_allocation_granularity;
+
 
 #endif /* _NGX_SHMEM_H_INCLUDED_ */
diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_init.c b/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_init.c
index 6fa1a57e5..9e77a789d 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_init.c
+++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_init.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ ngx_os_init(ngx_log_t *log)
 
     GetSystemInfo(&si);
     ngx_pagesize = si.dwPageSize;
+    ngx_allocation_granularity = si.dwAllocationGranularity;
     ngx_ncpu = si.dwNumberOfProcessors;
     ngx_cacheline_size = NGX_CPU_CACHE_LINE;