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diff --git a/common/init.c b/common/init.c
index dbdf40527..073c5cd8a 100644
--- a/common/init.c
+++ b/common/init.c
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ _init_common_subsystems (gpg_err_source_t errsource, int *argcp, char ***argvp)
/* Try to auto set the character set. */
set_native_charset (NULL);
+#ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
+ /* For W32 we need to initialize the socket layer. This is because
+ we use recv and send in libassuan as well as at some other
+ places. */
+ {
+ WSADATA wsadat;
+
+ WSAStartup (0x202, &wsadat);
+ }
+#endif
+
#ifdef HAVE_W32CE_SYSTEM
/* Register the sleep exit function before the estream init so that
the sleep will be called after the estream registered atexit