diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47533a282..e9972fd41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -288,7 +288,11 @@ ENDIF ()
 IF (BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 	FILE(GLOB_RECURSE EXAMPLE_SRC examples/network/*.c)
 	ADD_EXECUTABLE(cgit2 ${EXAMPLE_SRC})
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cgit2 git2 pthread)
+	IF(WIN32)
+		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cgit2 git2)
+	ELSE()
+		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cgit2 git2 pthread)
+	ENDIF()
 
 	ADD_EXECUTABLE(git-diff examples/diff.c)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git-diff git2)
diff --git a/examples/network/clone.c b/examples/network/clone.c
index 9b323ff73..63072eea0 100644
--- a/examples/network/clone.c
+++ b/examples/network/clone.c
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+# include <pthread.h>
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 
 /* Shamelessly borrowed from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3417837/ */
 #ifdef UNUSED
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ int do_clone(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	// Set up options
-	checkout_opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_SAFE;
+	checkout_opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_SAFE_CREATE;
 	checkout_opts.progress_cb = checkout_progress;
 	checkout_opts.progress_payload = &pd;
 	clone_opts.checkout_opts = checkout_opts;
diff --git a/examples/network/fetch.c b/examples/network/fetch.c
index 416788b63..d5caad4de 100644
--- a/examples/network/fetch.c
+++ b/examples/network/fetch.c
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+# include <pthread.h>
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 
 struct dl_data {
 	git_remote *remote;
@@ -68,9 +70,11 @@ int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	git_remote *remote = NULL;
 	const git_transfer_progress *stats;
-	pthread_t worker;
 	struct dl_data data;
 	git_remote_callbacks callbacks = GIT_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_INIT;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	pthread_t worker;
+#endif
 
 	argc = argc;
 	// Figure out whether it's a named remote or a URL
@@ -92,6 +96,9 @@ int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 
 	stats = git_remote_stats(remote);
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	download(&data);
+#else
 	pthread_create(&worker, NULL, download, &data);
 
 	// Loop while the worker thread is still running. Here we show processed
@@ -111,6 +118,8 @@ int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 		goto on_error;
 
 	pthread_join(worker, NULL);
+#endif
+
 	printf("\rReceived %d/%d objects in %zu bytes\n",
 			stats->indexed_objects, stats->total_objects, stats->received_bytes);
 
diff --git a/examples/network/index-pack.c b/examples/network/index-pack.c
index 4d3dc84d6..3fc4f3288 100644
--- a/examples/network/index-pack.c
+++ b/examples/network/index-pack.c
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <io.h>
+# include <Windows.h>
+
+# define open _open
+# define read _read
+# define close _close
+
+#define ssize_t unsigned int
+#else
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include "common.h"
 
 // This could be run in the main loop whilst the application waits for
@@ -22,8 +33,9 @@ int index_pack(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	git_indexer_stream *idx;
 	git_transfer_progress stats = {0, 0};
-	int error, fd;
+	int error;
 	char hash[GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 1] = {0};
+	int fd;
 	ssize_t read_bytes;
 	char buf[512];