1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ssl_client.c b/networking/ssl_client.c
index cd0ee5722..27575a2bf 100644
--- a/networking/ssl_client.c
+++ b/networking/ssl_client.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int ssl_client_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         else {
                 if (!hstr || sscanf(hstr, "%p", &h) != 1)
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid handle");
+                init_winsock();
                 tls->ifd = tls->ofd = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t)h, _O_RDWR|_O_BINARY);
         }
 #endif