diff --git a/src/netops.c b/src/netops.c
index 3e2743486..fa4a729bd 100644
--- a/src/netops.c
+++ b/src/netops.c
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ static int verify_server_cert(gitno_ssl *ssl, const char *host)
 	}
 
 	/* Try to parse the host as an IP address to see if it is */
-	if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host, &addr4)) {
+	if (p_inet_pton(AF_INET, host, &addr4)) {
 		type = GEN_IPADD;
 		addr = &addr4;
 	} else {
-		if(inet_pton(AF_INET6, host, &addr6)) {
+		if(p_inet_pton(AF_INET6, host, &addr6)) {
 			type = GEN_IPADD;
 			addr = &addr6;
 		}
diff --git a/src/posix.c b/src/posix.c
index 985221dd5..d207ce1a0 100644
--- a/src/posix.c
+++ b/src/posix.c
@@ -205,3 +205,5 @@ int p_write(git_file fd, const void *buf, size_t cnt)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+
diff --git a/src/unix/posix.h b/src/unix/posix.h
index bcd800301..f6f2e2353 100644
--- a/src/unix/posix.h
+++ b/src/unix/posix.h
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 #define p_snprintf(b, c, f, ...) snprintf(b, c, f, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define p_mkstemp(p) mkstemp(p)
 #define p_setenv(n,v,o) setenv(n,v,o)
+#define p_inet_pton(a, b, c) inet_pton(a, b, c)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/win32/posix.h b/src/win32/posix.h
index 80dcca5c1..d99864d05 100644
--- a/src/win32/posix.h
+++ b/src/win32/posix.h
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ extern int p_getcwd(char *buffer_out, size_t size);
 extern int p_rename(const char *from, const char *to);
 extern int p_recv(GIT_SOCKET socket, void *buffer, size_t length, int flags);
 extern int p_send(GIT_SOCKET socket, const void *buffer, size_t length, int flags);
+extern int p_inet_pton(int af, const char* src, void* dst);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/win32/posix_w32.c b/src/win32/posix_w32.c
index 649fe9b95..557f4f3bf 100644
--- a/src/win32/posix_w32.c
+++ b/src/win32/posix_w32.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
 
 int p_unlink(const char *path)
 {
@@ -504,3 +504,45 @@ int p_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
  
    return 0;
 }
+
+int p_inet_pton(int af, const char* src, void* dst)
+{
+	union {
+		struct sockaddr_in6 sin6;
+		struct sockaddr_in sin;
+	} sa;
+	size_t srcsize;
+
+	switch(af)
+	{
+		case AF_INET:
+			sa.sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
+			srcsize = sizeof (sa.sin);
+		break;
+		case AF_INET6:
+			sa.sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+			srcsize = sizeof (sa.sin6);
+		break;
+		default:
+			errno = WSAEPFNOSUPPORT;
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (WSAStringToAddress(src, af, NULL, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, &srcsize) != 0)
+	{
+		errno = WSAGetLastError();
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	switch(af)
+	{
+		case AF_INET:
+			memcpy(dst, &sa.sin.sin_addr, sizeof(sa.sin.sin_addr));
+		break;
+		case AF_INET6:
+			memcpy(dst, &sa.sin6.sin6_addr, sizeof(sa.sin6.sin6_addr));
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}