diff --git a/resources/scripts/install-with-choco.ps1 b/resources/scripts/install-with-choco.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ad91bc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/install-with-choco.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Abort with non zero exit code on errors
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+Write-Host("Getting latest {0} version for {1} ..." -f $env:TOOL,$env:VERSION)
+& choco list $env:TOOL --exact --by-id-only --all | Select-String -Pattern "$env:TOOL $env:VERSION"
+$Version = $(choco list $env:TOOL --exact --by-id-only --all) | Select-String -Pattern "$env:TOOL $env:VERSION" | %{$_.ToString().split(" ")[1]} | sort | Select-Object -Last 1
+
+Write-Host("Installing {0} version: {1} ..." -f $env:TOOL,$Version)
+& choco install $env:TOOL --no-progress -y --version "$Version"
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/ApmBasePipelineTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/ApmBasePipelineTest.groovy
index 4fd9de10b..fff865a92 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/ApmBasePipelineTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/ApmBasePipelineTest.groovy
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ class ApmBasePipelineTest extends DeclarativePipelineTest {
       f.write(m.body)
       println f.toString()
     })
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('powershell', [Map.class], null)
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('powershell', [String.class], null)
     helper.registerAllowedMethod('readFile', [Map.class], { '' })
     helper.registerAllowedMethod('readJSON', [Map.class], { m ->
       return readJSON(m)
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/InstallToolsStepTests.groovy b/src/test/groovy/InstallToolsStepTests.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c925e7368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/InstallToolsStepTests.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+
+class InstallToolsStepTests extends ApmBasePipelineTest {
+  String scriptName = 'vars/installTools.groovy'
+
+  @Override
+  @Before
+  void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_without_arguments() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    try {
+      script.call()
+    } catch(e) {
+      // NOOP
+    }
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('error', 'installTools: missing params'))
+    assertJobStatusFailure()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_with_some_missing_arguments() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    try {
+      script.installTool([ tool: 'python3' ])
+    } catch(e) {
+      // NOOP
+    }
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('error', 'installTools: missing version param'))
+    assertJobStatusFailure()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_with_unsupported_provider_in_windows() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('isUnix', [], { false })
+    try {
+      script.installTool([ tool: 'python3', provider: 'foo', version: '1' ])
+    } catch(e) {
+      // NOOP
+    }
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('error', 'installTools: unsupported provider'))
+    assertJobStatusFailure()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_install_tool_in_linux() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    try {
+      script.installTool([ tool: 'foo', version: 'x.y.z' ])
+    } catch(e) {
+      // NOOP
+    }
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('error', 'TBD: install in linux'))
+    assertJobStatusFailure()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_install_tool_in_windows() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('isUnix', [], { false })
+    script.installTool([ tool: 'foo', version: 'x.y.z' ])
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('withEnv', 'VERSION=x.y.z, TOOL=foo'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('powershell', 'Install foo:x.y.z, script=.\\install-with-choco.ps1'))
+    assertJobStatusSuccess()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_install_multiple_tools_in_windows() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('isUnix', [], { false })
+    script.call([[ tool: 'foo', version: 'x.y.z' ], [ tool: 'bar', version: 'z.y.x' ]])
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('withEnv', 'VERSION=x.y.z, TOOL=foo'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('withEnv', 'VERSION=z.y.x, TOOL=bar'))
+    assertJobStatusSuccess()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_install_tool_in_windows_with_all_flags() throws Exception {
+    def script = loadScript(scriptName)
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('isUnix', [], { false })
+    script.installTool([ tool: 'foo', version: 'x.y.z', provider: 'choco', extraArgs: "--foo 'bar' 'foo'" ])
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('powershell', 'Install foo:x.y.z'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('powershell', """script=choco install foo --no-progress -y --version 'x.y.z' "--foo 'bar' 'foo'" """))
+    assertFalse(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('powershell', 'script=.\\install-with-choco.ps1'))
+    assertJobStatusSuccess()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vars/README.md b/vars/README.md
index c05031837..80fc4ae4d 100644
--- a/vars/README.md
+++ b/vars/README.md
@@ -647,6 +647,27 @@ def body = httpRequest(url: "https://www.google.com", method: "GET", headers: ["
 def body = httpRequest(url: "https://duckduckgo.com", method: "POST", headers: ["User-Agent": "dummy"], data: "q=value&other=value")
 ```
 
+## installTools
+This step will install the list of tools
+
+```
+installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'] ])
+installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'], [tool: 'nodejs', version: '12.0' ] ])
+```
+
+```
+  installTools([
+    [ tool: 'visualstudio2019enterprise', version: '16.4.0.0', provider: 'choco', extraArgs: '--package-parameters "--includeRecommended"' ]
+  ])
+```
+
+
+* tool: The name of the tool to be installed for the default package manager. Mandatory.
+* version: The version of the tool to be installated. Mandatory.
+* provider: The provider to be used for installing the tools. Default behaviour
+            will detect then one available for the OS. Optional.
+* extraArgs: Allow to use some extra args to extend the provider. Optional.
+
 ## isCommentTrigger
 Check it the build was triggered by a comment in GitHub and the user is an Elastic user.
 it stores the comment owner username in the BUILD_CAUSE_USER environment variable and the
diff --git a/vars/installTools.groovy b/vars/installTools.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..586664c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/installTools.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+/**
+  This step will install the list of tools
+
+  installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'] ])
+  installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'], [tool: 'nodejs', version: '12.0' ] ])
+
+  installTools([
+    [ tool: 'visualstudio2019enterprise', version: '16.4.0.0', provider: 'choco', extraArgs: '--package-parameters "--includeRecommended"' ]
+  ])
+*/
+
+def call(List params = []){
+  if (params.isEmpty()) {
+    error("installTools: missing params, please use the format [ [ tool: 'foo', version: 'x.y.z'] , ...] tool param.")
+  }
+  params.each { item ->
+    installTool(item)
+  }
+}
+
+private installTool(Map params) {
+  def tool = params.containsKey('tool') ? params.tool : error('installTools: missing tool param.')
+  def version = params.containsKey('version') ? params.version : error('installTools: missing version param.')
+  def provider = params.containsKey('provider') ? params.provider : ''
+  def extraArgs = params.containsKey('extraArgs') ? params.extraArgs : ''
+
+  if(isUnix()) {
+    error 'TBD: install in linux'
+  }
+  switch (provider) {
+    case 'choco':
+      powershell label: "Install ${tool}:${version}", script: """choco install ${tool} --no-progress -y --version '${version}' "${extraArgs}" """
+      break
+    case '':
+      def scriptFile = 'install-with-choco.ps1'
+      def resourceContent = libraryResource('scripts/install-with-choco.ps1')
+      writeFile file: scriptFile, text: resourceContent
+      withEnv(["VERSION=${version}", "TOOL=${tool}"]) {
+        powershell label: "Install ${tool}:${version}", script: ".\\${scriptFile}"
+      }
+      break
+    default:
+      error 'installTools: unsupported provider'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vars/installTools.txt b/vars/installTools.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..877d85646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/installTools.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+This step will install the list of tools
+
+```
+installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'] ])
+installTools([ [ tool: 'python3', version: '3.5'], [tool: 'nodejs', version: '12.0' ] ])
+```
+
+```
+  installTools([
+    [ tool: 'visualstudio2019enterprise', version: '16.4.0.0', provider: 'choco', extraArgs: '--package-parameters "--includeRecommended"' ]
+  ])
+```
+
+
+* tool: The name of the tool to be installed for the default package manager. Mandatory.
+* version: The version of the tool to be installated. Mandatory.
+* provider: The provider to be used for installing the tools. Default behaviour
+            will detect then one available for the OS. Optional.
+* extraArgs: Allow to use some extra args to extend the provider. Optional.