diff --git a/gio/Makefile.am b/gio/Makefile.am
index 3ca53e4d8..cfeadab8b 100644
--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += 			\
 	gio.rc.in		\
 	gschema.dtd		\
 	gconstructor_as_data.h	\
+	gnetworking.h.win32	\
 	$(NULL)
 
 BUILT_EXTRA_DIST = 		\
diff --git a/gio/gnetworking.h.win32 b/gio/gnetworking.h.win32
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6e11a4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gio/gnetworking.h.win32
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
+ * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __G_NETWORKING_H__
+#define __G_NETWORKING_H__
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+
+#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+#endif
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#undef interface
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include <windns.h>
+#include <mswsock.h>
+#include <wspiapi.h>
+
+#else /* !G_OS_WIN32 */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <resolv.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <arpa/nameser.h>
+
+#ifndef T_SRV
+#define T_SRV 33
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _PATH_RESCONF
+#define _PATH_RESCONF "/etc/resolv.conf"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CMSG_LEN
+/* CMSG_LEN and CMSG_SPACE are defined by RFC 2292, but missing on
+ * some older platforms.
+ */
+#define CMSG_LEN(len) ((size_t)CMSG_DATA((struct cmsghdr *)NULL) + (len))
+
+/* CMSG_SPACE must add at least as much padding as CMSG_NXTHDR()
+ * adds. We overestimate here.
+ */
+#define GLIB_ALIGN_TO_SIZEOF(len, obj) (((len) + sizeof (obj) - 1) & ~(sizeof (obj) - 1))
+#define CMSG_SPACE(len) GLIB_ALIGN_TO_SIZEOF (CMSG_LEN (len), struct cmsghdr)
+#endif
+#endif
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_36
+void g_networking_init (void);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __G_NETWORKING_H__ */