diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eddeb4a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2006  Serge van den Boom <svdb@stack.nl>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+// Only used for MinGW
+
+// HACK. MinGW misses some functionality, so we're #including
+// the actual Windows wspiapi.h file. Because that file includes
+// inline functions that aren't static, it can only be included
+// once per executable when using gcc (for MSVC this is apparently
+// not a problem), so this file is it. The prototypes of these
+// functions are added to wspiapiwrap.h
+
+#include "netport.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_WINSOCK) && defined(__MINGW32__)
+#	include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#	include <wspiapi.h>
+#endif
+
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.h b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c60d63cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/network/wspiapiwrap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2006  Serge van den Boom <svdb@stack.nl>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _WSPIAPIWRAP_H
+#define _WSPIAPIWRAP_H
+
+// HACK. See wspiapiwrap.c
+#	define getaddrinfo WspiapiGetAddrInfo
+#	define getnameinfo WspiapiGetNameInfo
+#	define freeaddrinfo WspiapiFreeAddrInfo
+void WINAPI WspiapiFreeAddrInfo (struct addrinfo *ai);
+int WINAPI WspiapiGetAddrInfo(const char *nodename, const char *servname,
+		const struct addrinfo *hints, struct addrinfo **res);
+int WINAPI WspiapiGetNameInfo (const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen,
+		char *host, size_t hostlen, char *serv, size_t servlen, int flags);
+
+#endif  /* _WSPIAPIWRAP_H */
+