diff --git a/Orange/data/sql/backend/__init__.py b/Orange/data/sql/backend/__init__.py
index ae4a6fdce2b..a79fd9905d5 100644
--- a/Orange/data/sql/backend/__init__.py
+++ b/Orange/data/sql/backend/__init__.py
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
     from .postgres import Psycopg2Backend
 except ImportError:
     pass
+
+try:
+    from .mssql import PymssqlBackend
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/Orange/data/sql/backend/mssql.py b/Orange/data/sql/backend/mssql.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82d2a15eed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Orange/data/sql/backend/mssql.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+import pymssql
+
+from Orange.data import StringVariable, TimeVariable, ContinuousVariable, DiscreteVariable
+from Orange.data.sql.backend import Backend
+from Orange.data.sql.backend.base import ToSql, BackendError
+
+
+class PymssqlBackend(Backend):
+    display_name = "SQL Server"
+
+    def __init__(self, connection_params):
+        connection_params["server"] = connection_params.pop("host", None)
+
+        for key in list(connection_params):
+            if connection_params[key] is None:
+                del connection_params[key]
+
+        super().__init__(connection_params)
+        try:
+            self.connection = pymssql.connect(**connection_params)
+        except pymssql.Error as ex:
+            raise BackendError(str(ex)) from ex
+
+    def list_tables_query(self, schema=None):
+        return """
+        SELECT [TABLE_SCHEMA], [TABLE_NAME]
+          FROM information_schema.tables
+         WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'
+      ORDER BY [TABLE_NAME]
+        """
+
+    def quote_identifier(self, name):
+        return "[{}]".format(name)
+
+    def unquote_identifier(self, quoted_name):
+        return quoted_name[1:-1]
+
+    def create_sql_query(self, table_name, fields, filters=(),
+                         group_by=None, order_by=None, offset=None, limit=None,
+                         use_time_sample=None):
+        sql = ["SELECT"]
+        if limit and not offset:
+            sql.extend(["TOP", str(limit)])
+        sql.append(', '.join(fields))
+        sql.extend(["FROM", table_name])
+        if use_time_sample:
+            sql.append("TABLESAMPLE system_time(%i)" % use_time_sample)
+        if filters:
+            sql.extend(["WHERE", " AND ".join(filters)])
+        if group_by:
+            sql.extend(["GROUP BY", ", ".join(group_by)])
+
+        if offset and not order_by:
+            order_by = fields[0].split("AS")[1:]
+
+        if order_by:
+            sql.extend(["ORDER BY", ",".join(order_by)])
+        if offset:
+            sql.extend(["OFFSET", str(offset), "ROWS"])
+            if limit:
+                sql.extend(["FETCH FIRST", str(limit), "ROWS ONLY"])
+
+        return " ".join(sql)
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def execute_sql_query(self, query, params=()):
+        print(query)
+        try:
+            with self.connection.cursor() as cur:
+                cur.execute(query, *params)
+                yield cur
+        finally:
+            self.connection.commit()
+
+    def create_variable(self, field_name, field_metadata, type_hints, inspect_table=None):
+        if field_name in type_hints:
+            var = type_hints[field_name]
+        else:
+            var = self._guess_variable(field_name, field_metadata,
+                                       inspect_table)
+
+        field_name_q = self.quote_identifier(field_name)
+        if var.is_continuous:
+            if isinstance(var, TimeVariable):
+                var.to_sql = ToSql("DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', {})".format(field_name_q))
+            else:
+                var.to_sql = ToSql(field_name_q)
+        else:  # discrete or string
+            var.to_sql = ToSql(field_name_q)
+        return var
+
+    def _guess_variable(self, field_name, field_metadata, inspect_table):
+        from pymssql import STRING, NUMBER, DATETIME, DECIMAL
+
+        type_code, *rest = field_metadata
+
+        if type_code in (NUMBER, DECIMAL):
+            return ContinuousVariable(field_name)
+
+        if type_code == DATETIME:
+            tv = TimeVariable(field_name)
+            tv.have_date = True
+            tv.have_time = True
+            return tv
+
+        if type_code == STRING:
+            if inspect_table:
+                values = [] #self._get_distinct_values(field_name, inspect_table)
+                if values:
+                    return DiscreteVariable(field_name, values)
+
+        return StringVariable(field_name)
+
+    def count_approx(self, query):
+        # TODO: Figure out how to do count estimates on mssql
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/requirements-sql.txt b/requirements-sql.txt
index 658130bb2c0..da327920b80 100644
--- a/requirements-sql.txt
+++ b/requirements-sql.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 psycopg2
+pymssql