diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
index 83bda3e2a44..09f0a0df966 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ private import implementations.CAtlFile
 private import implementations.CAtlFileMapping
 private import implementations.CAtlTemporaryFile
 private import implementations.CRegKey
+private import implementations.WinHttp
diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/WinHttp.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/WinHttp.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fccd1b68f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/WinHttp.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+private import cpp
+private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.dataflow.FlowSteps
+private import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.new.DataFlow
+
+/** The `WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME` classes from `winhttp.h`. */
+class WinHttpHeaderName extends Class {
+  WinHttpHeaderName() { this.hasGlobalName("_WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME") }
+}
+
+/** The `WINHTTP_EXTENDED_HEADER` classes from `winhttp.h`. */
+class WinHttpExtendedHeader extends Class {
+  WinHttpExtendedHeader() { this.hasGlobalName("_WINHTTP_EXTENDED_HEADER") }
+}
+
+private class WinHttpHeaderNameInheritingContent extends TaintInheritingContent,
+  DataFlow::FieldContent
+{
+  WinHttpHeaderNameInheritingContent() {
+    this.getIndirectionIndex() = 2 and
+    (
+      this.getAField().getDeclaringType() instanceof WinHttpHeaderName
+      or
+      // The extended header looks like:
+      // struct WINHTTP_EXTENDED_HEADER {
+      //   union { [...] };
+      //   union { [...] };
+      // };
+      // So the first declaring type is the anonymous unions, and the declaring
+      // type of those anonymous unions is the `WINHTTP_EXTENDED_HEADER` struct.
+      this.getAField().getDeclaringType().getDeclaringType() instanceof WinHttpExtendedHeader
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+class WinHttpUrlComponents extends Class {
+  WinHttpUrlComponents() { this.hasGlobalName("_WINHTTP_URL_COMPONENTS") }
+}
+
+private class WinHttpUrlComponentsInheritingContent extends TaintInheritingContent,
+  DataFlow::FieldContent
+{
+  WinHttpUrlComponentsInheritingContent() {
+    exists(Field f | f = this.getField() and f.getDeclaringType() instanceof WinHttpUrlComponents |
+      if f.getType().getUnspecifiedType() instanceof PointerType
+      then this.getIndirectionIndex() = 2
+      else this.getIndirectionIndex() = 1
+    )
+  }
+}