diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 4bd4d5418b..da91e0039b 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Files: lib/anemone.rb lib/anemone/*
 Copyright: 2009 Vertive, Inc.
 License: MIT
 
+Files: lib/expect.rb
+Copyright: 2017 Yukihiro Matsumoto
+License: Ruby
+
 Files: lib/msf/core/modules/external/python/async_timeout/*
 Copyright: 2016-2017 Andrew Svetlov
 License: Apache 2.0
diff --git a/lib/expect.rb b/lib/expect.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4b9396314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/expect.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Sourced from Ruby's ext/pty/lib/expect.rb to allow for access from Windows,
+# which does not seem to have an issue using this particular method with
+# sockets (pipes and other handles won't work, so don't use it for that).
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+$expect_verbose = false
+
+# Expect library adds the IO instance method #expect, which does similar act to
+# tcl's expect extension.
+#
+# In order to use this method, you must require expect:
+#
+#   require 'expect'
+#
+# Please see #expect for usage.
+class IO
+  # call-seq:
+  #   IO#expect(pattern,timeout=9999999)                  ->  Array
+  #   IO#expect(pattern,timeout=9999999) { |result| ... } ->  nil
+  #
+  # Reads from the IO until the given +pattern+ matches or the +timeout+ is over.
+  #
+  # It returns an array with the read buffer, followed by the matches.
+  # If a block is given, the result is yielded to the block and returns nil.
+  #
+  # When called without a block, it waits until the input that matches the
+  # given +pattern+ is obtained from the IO or the time specified as the
+  # timeout passes. An array is returned when the pattern is obtained from the
+  # IO. The first element of the array is the entire string obtained from the
+  # IO until the pattern matches, followed by elements indicating which the
+  # pattern which matched to the anchor in the regular expression.
+  #
+  # The optional timeout parameter defines, in seconds, the total time to wait
+  # for the pattern.  If the timeout expires or eof is found, nil is returned
+  # or yielded.  However, the buffer in a timeout session is kept for the next
+  # expect call.  The default timeout is 9999999 seconds.
+  def expect(pat,timeout=9999999)
+    buf = ''.dup
+    case pat
+    when String
+      e_pat = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(pat))
+    when Regexp
+      e_pat = pat
+    else
+      raise TypeError, "unsupported pattern class: #{pat.class}"
+    end
+    @unusedBuf ||= ''
+    while true
+      if not @unusedBuf.empty?
+        c = @unusedBuf.slice!(0)
+      elsif !IO.select([self],nil,nil,timeout) or eof? then
+        result = nil
+        @unusedBuf = buf
+        break
+      else
+        c = getc
+      end
+      buf << c
+      if $expect_verbose
+        STDOUT.print c
+        STDOUT.flush
+      end
+      if mat=e_pat.match(buf) then
+        result = [buf,*mat.captures]
+        break
+      end
+    end
+    if block_given? then
+      yield result
+    else
+      return result
+    end
+    nil
+  end
+end