diff --git a/src/edge.c b/src/edge.c
index e1b868a..f8b7bdc 100644
--- a/src/edge.c
+++ b/src/edge.c
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"                  // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ADD, HASH_C...
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>               // for inet_addr, inet_ntop
 #include <netinet/in.h>              // for INADDR_ANY, INADDR_NONE, ntohl
diff --git a/src/edge_management.c b/src/edge_management.c
index 4884525..27d9ca9 100644
--- a/src/edge_management.c
+++ b/src/edge_management.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"        // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ITER
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>     // for inet_ntoa
 #include <netinet/in.h>    // for in_addr, htonl, in_addr_t
diff --git a/src/edge_utils.c b/src/edge_utils.c
index 2f784df..9592e51 100644
--- a/src/edge_utils.c
+++ b/src/edge_utils.c
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"                  // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_COUNT, HASH...
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #include "win32/edge_utils_win32.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>               // for inet_ntoa, inet_addr, inet_ntop
diff --git a/src/management.c b/src/management.c
index 0aa73b3..a36f084 100644
--- a/src/management.c
+++ b/src/management.c
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #include "management.h"
 #include "n2n.h"         // for TRACE_DEBUG, traceEvent
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "win32/defs.h"
+#else
 #include <netdb.h>       // for getnameinfo, NI_NUMERICHOST, NI_NUMERICSERV
 #include <sys/socket.h>  // for sendto, sockaddr
 #endif
diff --git a/src/n2n.c b/src/n2n.c
index 938fbb1..5d48ebf 100644
--- a/src/n2n.c
+++ b/src/n2n.c
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #include <ws2def.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>       // for inet_ntop
 #include <netdb.h>           // for addrinfo, freeaddrinfo, gai_strerror
diff --git a/src/network_traffic_filter.c b/src/network_traffic_filter.c
index ec840a0..04703cd 100644
--- a/src/network_traffic_filter.c
+++ b/src/network_traffic_filter.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"                  // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ITER, HASH_DEL
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>               // for inet_ntoa, inet_addr
 #include <netinet/in.h>              // for in_addr, in_addr_t, ntohs, ntohl
diff --git a/src/sn_management.c b/src/sn_management.c
index 7b3abe4..00f8773 100644
--- a/src/sn_management.c
+++ b/src/sn_management.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"      // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ITER, HASH_COUNT
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <sys/socket.h>  // for sendto, socklen_t
 #endif
diff --git a/src/sn_utils.c b/src/sn_utils.c
index f6092fe..62ca053 100644
--- a/src/sn_utils.c
+++ b/src/sn_utils.c
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"             // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ITER, HASH_DEL
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>          // for inet_addr, inet_ntoa
 #include <netinet/in.h>         // for ntohl, in_addr_t, sockaddr_in, INADDR...
diff --git a/src/supernode.c b/src/supernode.c
index 8d39a4c..831dbc0 100644
--- a/src/supernode.c
+++ b/src/supernode.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 #include "uthash.h"            // for UT_hash_handle, HASH_ITER, HASH_ADD_STR
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>         // for inet_addr
 #include <netinet/in.h>        // for ntohl, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_NONE, in_addr_t
diff --git a/src/win32/defs.h b/src/win32/defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2fd3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/win32/defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Basic definitions needed for any windows compile
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _WIN32_DEFS_H_
+#define _WIN32_DEFS_H_
+
+#ifndef _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+#endif
+
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+
+#ifndef _WIN64
+/* needs to be defined before winsock gets included */
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x501
+
+const char *subst_inet_ntop (int, const void *, char *, int);
+#define inet_ntop subst_inet_ntop
+#endif
+
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/win32/edge_utils_win32.c b/src/win32/edge_utils_win32.c
index 1ce6f21..d110573 100644
--- a/src/win32/edge_utils_win32.c
+++ b/src/win32/edge_utils_win32.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <winsock2.h>
+#include "defs.h"
 #include <iphlpapi.h>
 
 #include "edge_utils_win32.h"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * This function was not included in windows until after Windows XP
  */
 
-const char *inet_ntop (int af, const void *src, char *dst, socklen_t size) {
+const char *subst_inet_ntop (int af, const void *src, char *dst, int size) {
     if(af == AF_INET) {
         struct sockaddr_in in;
         memset(&in, 0, sizeof(in));
diff --git a/src/win32/n2n_win32.h b/src/win32/n2n_win32.h
index e1a0104..6d6d5ba 100644
--- a/src/win32/n2n_win32.h
+++ b/src/win32/n2n_win32.h
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _N2N_WIN32_H_
 #define _N2N_WIN32_H_
 
-#ifndef _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-#endif
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-
-#if defined(__MINGW32__)
-/* should be defined here and before winsock gets included */
-#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x501 //Otherwise the linker doesnt find getaddrinfo
-#endif /* #ifndef _WIN32_WINNT */
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#endif /* #if defined(__MINGW32__) */
-
-
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <ws2def.h>
diff --git a/src/win32/wintap.c b/src/win32/wintap.c
index 4b2aa03..21ab977 100644
--- a/src/win32/wintap.c
+++ b/src/win32/wintap.c
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   (C) 2007-22 - Luca Deri <deri@ntop.org>
 */
 
+#include "defs.h"
 #ifndef _WIN64
-#include <winsock2.h>
 #include <iphlpapi.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/wire.c b/src/wire.c
index 995efe8..537ae15 100644
--- a/src/wire.c
+++ b/src/wire.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 #include "n2n_wire.h"    // for decode_PACKET, decode_PEER_INFO, decode_QUER...
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include "win32/defs.h"
 #else
 #include <netinet/in.h>  // for sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6, in6_addr, in_addr
 #include <sys/socket.h>  // for AF_INET, AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM