diff --git a/src/netops.c b/src/netops.c
index 04f758fa4..532d0d3d0 100644
--- a/src/netops.c
+++ b/src/netops.c
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include <sys/socket.h>
+# include <netdb.h>
+#else
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <Ws2tcpip.h>
+# pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
+#endif
 
 #include "git2/errors.h"
 
@@ -74,3 +80,18 @@ cleanup:
 	freeaddrinfo(info);
 	return error;
 }
+
+int gitno_send(int s, const char *msg, int len, int flags)
+{
+	int ret, off = 0;
+
+	while (off < len) {
+		ret = send(s, msg + off, len - off, flags);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return GIT_EOSERR;
+
+		off += ret;
+	}
+
+	return off;
+}
diff --git a/src/netops.h b/src/netops.h
index 10627d486..620fb12ea 100644
--- a/src/netops.h
+++ b/src/netops.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 #define INCLUDE_netops_h__
 
 int gitno_connect(const char *host, const char *port);
+int gitno_send(int s, const char *msg, int len, int flags);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/transport_git.c b/src/transport_git.c
index 12af21b51..063f38225 100644
--- a/src/transport_git.c
+++ b/src/transport_git.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int do_connect(git_priv *priv, const char *url)
 	int s = -1;
 	char *host, *port, *msg;
 	const char prefix[] = "git://";
-	int error, ret, msg_len, connected = 0;
+	int error, msg_len, connected = 0;
 
 	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix))
 		url += STRLEN(prefix);
@@ -104,13 +104,10 @@ static int do_connect(git_priv *priv, const char *url)
 	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	/* FIXME: Do this in a loop */
-	ret = send(s, msg, msg_len, 0);
+	error = gitno_send(s, msg, msg_len, 0);
 	free(msg);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		error = git__throw(GIT_EOSERR, "Failed to send request");
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
 		goto cleanup;
-	}
 
 	priv->socket = s;