diff --git a/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/mutantscan.py b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/mutantscan.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1528e3509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/mutantscan.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# This file was contributed to the Volatility Framework Version 3.
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Volatility Foundation.
+#
+# THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE Volatility Contributors
+# Public License V1.0("LICENSE") AS FIRST COMPLETED BY: Volatility Foundation,
+# Inc. ANY USE, PUBLIC DISPLAY, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION
+# OF, OR PREPARATION OF SUBSEQUENT WORKS, DERIVATIVE WORKS OR DERIVED WORKS BASED
+# ON, THE LICENSED WORK CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND ITS
+# TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH RECIPIENT READS THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE. "LICENSED
+# WORK,” “RECIPIENT" AND “DISTRIBUTOR" ARE DEFINED IN THE LICENSE. A COPY OF THE
+# LICENSE IS LOCATED IN THE TEXT FILE ENTITLED "LICENSE.txt" ACCOMPANYING THE
+# CONTENTS OF THIS FILE. IF A COPY OF THE LICENSE DOES NOT ACCOMPANY THIS FILE, A
+# COPY OF THE LICENSE MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE:
+# https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/license/vcpl_v1.0
+#
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from typing import Iterable
+
+import volatility.framework.interfaces.plugins as plugins
+from volatility.framework import renderers, interfaces, exceptions
+from volatility.framework.configuration import requirements
+from volatility.framework.renderers import format_hints
+import volatility.plugins.windows.poolscanner as poolscanner
+
+class MutantScan(plugins.PluginInterface):
+    """Scans for mutexes present in a particular windows memory image"""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_requirements(cls):
+        return [
+            requirements.TranslationLayerRequirement(
+                name = 'primary', description = 'Memory layer for the kernel', architectures = ["Intel32", "Intel64"]),
+            requirements.SymbolTableRequirement(name = "nt_symbols", description = "Windows kernel symbols"),
+        ]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def scan_mutants(cls,
+                     context: interfaces.context.ContextInterface,
+                     layer_name: str,
+                     symbol_table: str) -> \
+            Iterable[interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface]:
+        """Scans for mutants using the poolscanner module and constraints"""
+
+        constraints = poolscanner.PoolScanner.builtin_constraints(symbol_table,
+                                                                  [b'Mut\xe1', b'Muta'])
+
+        for result in poolscanner.PoolScanner.generate_pool_scan(context,
+                                                                 layer_name,
+                                                                 symbol_table,
+                                                                 constraints):
+
+            constraint, mem_object, _header = result
+            if constraint.object_type == "Mutant":
+                yield mem_object
+
+    def _generator(self):
+        for mutant in self.scan_mutants(self.context,
+                                        self.config['primary'],
+                                        self.config['nt_symbols']):
+
+            try:
+                name = mutant.get_name()
+            except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+                name = renderers.NotApplicableValue()
+
+            yield (0, (format_hints.Hex(mutant.vol.offset), name))
+
+    def run(self):
+        return renderers.TreeGrid([("Offset", format_hints.Hex), ("Name", str),],
+                                  self._generator())
diff --git a/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
index 9810b98a6..d302fc17d 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@ class PoolScanner(plugins.PluginInterface):
                 object_type = "File",
                 size = (150, None),
                 page_type = PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE),
+            # mutants on windows before windows 8
+            PoolConstraint(
+                b'Mut\xe1',
+                type_name = symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_KMUTANT",
+                object_type = "Mutant",
+                size = (64, None),
+                page_type = PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE),
+            # mutants on windows starting with windows 8
+            PoolConstraint(
+                b'Muta',
+                type_name = symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_KMUTANT",
+                object_type = "Mutant",
+                size = (64, None),
+                page_type = PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE),
         ]
 
         if not tags_filter:
diff --git a/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/__init__.py b/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/__init__.py
index d7c8e0862..846ab62bc 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/__init__.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class WindowsKernelIntermedSymbols(intermed.IntermediateSymbolTable):
         self.set_type_class('_MMVAD_SHORT', extensions._MMVAD_SHORT)
         self.set_type_class('_MMVAD', extensions._MMVAD)
         self.set_type_class('_KSYSTEM_TIME', extensions._KSYSTEM_TIME)
+        self.set_type_class('_KMUTANT', extensions._KMUTANT)
 
         # This doesn't exist in very specific versions of windows
         try:
diff --git a/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py b/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
index cec117deb..39db102eb 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
@@ -457,6 +457,17 @@ class _FILE_OBJECT(objects.Struct, ExecutiveObject):
 
         return name
 
+class _KMUTANT(objects.Struct, ExecutiveObject):
+    """A class for windows mutant objects"""
+
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        """Determine if the object is valid"""
+        return True
+
+    def get_name(self) -> str:
+        """Get the object's name from the object header"""
+        header = self.object_header()
+        return header.NameInfo.Name.String  # type: ignore
 
 class _OBJECT_HEADER(objects.Struct):
     """A class for the headers for executive kernel objects, which contains