1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index f6485c3b1d..7024f3f785 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,14 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PSETPROCDEPPOL)(DWORD);
     PSETPROCDEPPOL setProcDEPPol = (PSETPROCDEPPOL)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("Kernel32.dll"), "SetProcessDEPPolicy");
     if (setProcDEPPol != NULL) setProcDEPPol(PROCESS_DEP_ENABLE);
+
+    // Initialize Windows Sockets
+    WSADATA wsadata;
+    int ret = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsadata);
+    if (ret != NO_ERROR)
+    {
+        return InitError(strprintf("Error: TCP/IP socket library failed to start (WSAStartup returned error %d)", ret));
+    }
 #endif
 #ifndef WIN32
     umask(077);