diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index d7687315ff..482a12a85c 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ export class KubeConfig implements SecurityAuthentication {
         this.contexts.push(ctx);
     }
 
-    public loadFromDefault(opts?: Partial<ConfigOptions>, contextFromStartingConfig: boolean = false): void {
+    public loadFromDefault(
+        opts?: Partial<ConfigOptions>,
+        contextFromStartingConfig: boolean = false,
+        platform: string = process.platform,
+    ): void {
         if (process.env.KUBECONFIG && process.env.KUBECONFIG.length > 0) {
             const files = process.env.KUBECONFIG.split(path.delimiter).filter((filename: string) => filename);
             this.loadFromFile(files[0], opts);
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ export class KubeConfig implements SecurityAuthentication {
             }
             return;
         }
-        const home = findHomeDir();
+        const home = findHomeDir(platform);
         if (home) {
             const config = path.join(home, '.kube', 'config');
             if (fileExists(config)) {
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ export class KubeConfig implements SecurityAuthentication {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        if (platform === 'win32') {
             try {
                 const envKubeconfigPathResult = child_process.spawnSync('wsl.exe', [
                     'bash',
@@ -628,8 +632,8 @@ function dropDuplicatesAndNils(a: string[]): string[] {
 }
 
 // Only public for testing.
-export function findHomeDir(): string | null {
-    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+export function findHomeDir(platform: string = process.platform): string | null {
+    if (platform !== 'win32') {
         if (process.env.HOME) {
             try {
                 fs.accessSync(process.env.HOME);
diff --git a/src/config_test.ts b/src/config_test.ts
index 07ad255b5e..9bb31dd52c 100644
--- a/src/config_test.ts
+++ b/src/config_test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { deepEqual, deepStrictEqual, notStrictEqual, rejects, strictEqual, throws } from 'node:assert';
+import child_process from 'node:child_process';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import https from 'node:https';
 import { Agent, RequestOptions } from 'node:https';
 import path, { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { mock } from 'node:test';
 
 import mockfs from 'mock-fs';
 
@@ -301,8 +303,10 @@ describe('KubeConfig', () => {
             const kc = new KubeConfig();
             kc.loadFromFile(kcTlsServerNameFileName);
 
+            const requestContext = new RequestContext('https://kube.example.com', HttpMethod.GET);
             const opts: https.RequestOptions = {};
             await kc.applyToHTTPSOptions(opts);
+            await kc.applySecurityAuthentication(requestContext);
 
             const expectedAgent = new https.Agent({
                 ca: Buffer.from('CADATA2', 'utf-8'),
@@ -322,6 +326,7 @@ describe('KubeConfig', () => {
             };
 
             assertRequestOptionsEqual(opts, expectedOptions);
+            strictEqual((requestContext.getAgent()! as any).options.servername, 'kube.example2.com');
         });
         it('should apply cert configs', async () => {
             const kc = new KubeConfig();
@@ -1630,5 +1635,60 @@ describe('KubeConfig', () => {
             strictEqual(inputData!.toString(), data);
             mockfs.restore();
         });
+        it('should try to load from WSL on Windows with wsl.exe not working', () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            const commands: { command: string; args: string[] }[] = [];
+            mock.method(child_process, 'spawnSync', (cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+                commands.push({ command: cmd, args });
+                return { status: 1, stderr: 'some error' };
+            });
+            kc.loadFromDefault(undefined, false, 'win32');
+            strictEqual(commands.length, 2);
+            for (let i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
+                strictEqual(commands[i].command, 'wsl.exe');
+            }
+        });
+        it('should try to load from WSL on Windows with $KUBECONFIG', () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            const test_path = 'C:\\Users\\user\\.kube\\config';
+            const configData = readFileSync(kcFileName);
+            const commands: { command: string; args: string[] }[] = [];
+            const results: { status: number; stderr: string; stdout: string }[] = [
+                { status: 0, stderr: '', stdout: test_path },
+                { status: 0, stderr: '', stdout: configData.toString() },
+            ];
+            let ix = 0;
+            mock.method(child_process, 'spawnSync', (cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+                commands.push({ command: cmd, args });
+                return results[ix++];
+            });
+            kc.loadFromDefault(undefined, false, 'win32');
+            strictEqual(commands.length, 2);
+            for (let i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
+                strictEqual(commands[i].command, 'wsl.exe');
+            }
+            validateFileLoad(kc);
+        });
+        it('should try to load from WSL on Windows without $KUBECONFIG', () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            const configData = readFileSync(kcFileName);
+            const commands: { command: string; args: string[] }[] = [];
+            const results: { status: number; stderr: string; stdout: string }[] = [
+                { status: 1, stderr: 'Some Error', stdout: '' },
+                { status: 0, stderr: '', stdout: configData.toString() },
+                { status: 0, stderr: '', stdout: 'C:\\wsldata\\.kube' },
+            ];
+            let ix = 0;
+            mock.method(child_process, 'spawnSync', (cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+                commands.push({ command: cmd, args });
+                return results[ix++];
+            });
+            kc.loadFromDefault(undefined, false, 'win32');
+            strictEqual(commands.length, 3);
+            for (let i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
+                strictEqual(commands[i].command, 'wsl.exe');
+            }
+            validateFileLoad(kc);
+        });
     });
 });