@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ int connect_host(const char *host, const char *port, uint32_t timeout, int useAs

     socklen_t len;

     fd_set read_fds, write_fds;

     struct timeval tv;

+#ifdef _WIN32

+	int iResult;

+	WSADATA wsaData;

+

+	/* Force initialization of Windows sockets, even if it already happened elsewhere */

+	iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);

+	if (iResult != 0)

+		return -1;

+#endif

     memset(&hints, 0x00, sizeof(struct addrinfo));

     hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;

@@ -80,7 +89,9 @@ int connect_host(const char *host, const char *port, uint32_t timeout, int useAs

         if ((error = connect(sockfd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen))) {

             if (useAsync) {

                 if (errno != EINPROGRESS) {

+#ifndef _WIN32

                     close(sockfd);

+#endif

                     continue;

                 }

                 errno = 0;

@@ -121,8 +132,10 @@ int connect_host(const char *host, const char *port, uint32_t timeout, int useAs

     if (!(p)) {

         freeaddrinfo(servinfo);

+#ifndef _WIN32

         if (sockfd >= 0)

             close(sockfd);

+#endif

         return -1;

     }