diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8de91a0..a764e18 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ if test "x$NCURSES_FOUND" = "xno"; then
                 AC_MSG_ERROR([required library winsock2 was not found on the system, please check your MinGW installation])
             ]
         )
+        AC_DEFINE([_WIN32_WINNT], [0x501],
+                  [enable getaddrinfo/freeaddrinfo on XP and higher])
     else
         AC_CHECK_LIB([ncursesw], [wget_wch],
             [
diff --git a/src/configdir.c b/src/configdir.c
index a032546..193b162 100644
--- a/src/configdir.c
+++ b/src/configdir.c
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@
 char *get_user_config_dir(void)
 {
     char *user_config_dir;
-#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+#warning Please fix configdir for Win32
+    return NULL;
+#if 0
     char appdata[MAX_PATH];
     BOOL ok;
 
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ char *get_user_config_dir(void)
     user_config_dir = strdup(appdata);
 
     return user_config_dir;
+#endif
 
 #else /* WIN32 */
 
@@ -126,11 +130,10 @@ char *get_user_config_dir(void)
  */
 int create_user_config_dir(char *path)
 {
-
-    int mkdir_err;
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+#warning Please fix configdir for Win32
+    return -1;
+#if 0
     char *fullpath = malloc(strlen(path) + strlen(CONFIGDIR) + 1);
     strcpy(fullpath, path);
     strcat(fullpath, CONFIGDIR);
@@ -143,7 +146,11 @@ int create_user_config_dir(char *path)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    free(fullpath);
+#endif
+
 #else
+    int mkdir_err;
 
     mkdir_err = mkdir(path, 0700);
     struct stat buf;
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ int create_user_config_dir(char *path)
         return -1;
     }
 
-#endif
     free(fullpath);
     return 0;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index dc52753..3d70c7a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef SIGWINCH
+    #define SIGWINCH 28
+#endif
+
 #include <curses.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -15,11 +19,13 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 
-#ifdef _win32
-#include <direct.h>
+#ifdef WIN32
+    #include <direct.h>
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+    #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #else
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -122,16 +128,32 @@ uint32_t resolve_addr(const char *address)
     hints.ai_family   = AF_INET;    // IPv4 only right now.
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM; // type of socket Tox uses.
 
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+    int res;
+    WSADATA wsa_data;
+
+    res = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa_data);
+    if (res != 0)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+#endif
     rc = getaddrinfo(address, "echo", &hints, &server);
 
     // Lookup failed.
     if (rc != 0) {
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+        WSACleanup();
+#endif
         return 0;
     }
 
     // IPv4 records only..
     if (server->ai_family != AF_INET) {
         freeaddrinfo(server);
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+        WSACleanup();
+#endif
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -139,6 +161,9 @@ uint32_t resolve_addr(const char *address)
     addr = ((struct sockaddr_in *)server->ai_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
 
     freeaddrinfo(server);
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+        WSACleanup();
+#endif
     return addr;
 }