diff --git a/src/libstore/meson.build b/src/libstore/meson.build
index b10f3753c..d3b5f3269 100644
--- a/src/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore/meson.build
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
   deps_other += [sandbox]
 endif
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  wsock32 = cxx.find_library('wsock32')
+  deps_other += [wsock32]
+endif
+
 subdir('build-utils-meson/threads')
 
 boost = dependency(