2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/mingw.h b/include/mingw.h
index 9e6ddd1d8..59218a9df 100644
--- a/include/mingw.h
+++ b/include/mingw.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct passwd {
 };
 
 IMPL(getpwnam,struct passwd *,NULL,const char *name UNUSED_PARAM);
-IMPL(getpwuid,struct passwd *,NULL,int uid UNUSED_PARAM);
+struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
 
 /*
  * signal.h
diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 9ce7bc3ff..2b9776175 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -76,3 +76,17 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
         memcpy(result, localtime(timep), sizeof(struct tm));
         return result;
 }
+
+struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
+{
+        static char user_name[100];
+        static struct passwd p;
+
+        DWORD len = sizeof(user_name);
+        if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len))
+                return NULL;
+        p.pw_name = user_name;
+        p.pw_gecos = "unknown";
+        p.pw_dir = NULL;
+        return &p;
+}