diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index 54fd701cbfb449..c27b20a79d91cf 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -662,10 +662,20 @@ void winansi_init(void)
  */
 HANDLE winansi_get_osfhandle(int fd)
 {
+	HANDLE ret;
+
 	if (fd == 1 && (fd_is_interactive[1] & FD_SWAPPED))
 		return hconsole1;
 	if (fd == 2 && (fd_is_interactive[2] & FD_SWAPPED))
 		return hconsole2;
 
-	return (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+	ret = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+
+	/*
+	 * There are obviously circumstances under which _get_osfhandle()
+	 * returns (HANDLE)-2. This is not documented anywhere, but that is so
+	 * clearly an invalid handle value that we can just work around this
+	 * and return the correct value for invalid handles.
+	 */
+	return ret == (HANDLE)-2 ? INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE : ret;
 }