1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/win32/net.c b/win32/net.c
index 93e19ae5c..82c29e57c 100644
--- a/win32/net.c
+++ b/win32/net.c
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *inp)
         inp->S_un.S_addr = val;
         return 1;
 }
+
+void init_winsock(void)
+{
+        WSADATA wsa;
+        if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa))
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to initialize winsock subsystem, error %d",
+                                     WSAGetLastError());
+        atexit((void(*)(void)) WSACleanup); /* may conflict with other atexit? */
+}