diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 57d41ddc177898..5bb95d927043e7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1391,6 +1391,13 @@ static void ensure_socket_initialization(void)
 	initialized = 1;
 }
 
+#undef gethostname
+int mingw_gethostname(char *name, int namelen)
+{
+    ensure_socket_initialization();
+    return gethostname(name, namelen);
+}
+
 #undef gethostbyname
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host)
 {
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 3aa80bb33a0a00..3d99c03b71f71f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 char *mingw_getenv(const char *name);
 #define getenv mingw_getenv
 
+int mingw_gethostname(char *host, int namelen);
+#define gethostname mingw_gethostname
+
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host);
 #define gethostbyname mingw_gethostbyname