1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 44356d6b0..b50c1ecee 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1576,3 +1576,21 @@ void hide_console(void)
         }
 }
 #endif
+
+int is_admin(void)
+{
+        int ret = FALSE;
+        HANDLE h;
+
+        if (OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &h)) {
+                TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation;
+                DWORD size = sizeof(TOKEN_ELEVATION);
+
+                if (GetTokenInformation(h, TokenElevation, &elevation,
+                                        sizeof(elevation), &size)) {
+                        ret = elevation.TokenIsElevated;
+                }
+                CloseHandle(h);
+        }
+        return ret;
+}