diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index a5477dee..4a7b245c 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 	* Fix building documentation in build directory.
 	  Thanks Michael Tokarev
 	* Updated the configure script for split openssl directories.
+	* Fix for windows compile; asctime_r compat, search for inet_ntop
+	  in ws2_32, avoid double decl of inet_ntop, check for symlink call,
+	  include config.h in edns.c, have socket compare use correct
+	  signedness, add -u repo option to makewin.sh, fix quoting in
+	  makewin.sh and check return value of bind and connect in net.c
+	  for failure instead of a socket type.
 
 1.8.3	2022-08-15
 	* bugfix #183: Assertion failure with OPT record without rdata.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c793dd2a..90fa0695 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ compat/ctime_r.lo compat/ctime_r.o: $(srcdir)/compat/ctime_r.c ldns/config.h
 compat/fake-rfc2553.lo compat/fake-rfc2553.o: $(srcdir)/compat/fake-rfc2553.c ldns/config.h ldns/common.h \
  $(srcdir)/compat/fake-rfc2553.h
 compat/gmtime_r.lo compat/gmtime_r.o: $(srcdir)/compat/gmtime_r.c ldns/config.h
+compat/asctime_r.lo compat/asctime_r.o: $(srcdir)/compat/asctime_r.c ldns/config.h
 compat/inet_aton.lo compat/inet_aton.o: $(srcdir)/compat/inet_aton.c ldns/config.h
 compat/inet_ntop.lo compat/inet_ntop.o: $(srcdir)/compat/inet_ntop.c ldns/config.h
 compat/inet_pton.lo compat/inet_pton.o: $(srcdir)/compat/inet_pton.c ldns/config.h
diff --git a/compat/asctime_r.c b/compat/asctime_r.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63e5355f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/asctime_r.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <ldns/config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TIME_H
+#include <time.h>
+#endif
+
+char *asctime_r(const struct tm *tm, char *buf)
+{
+	/* no thread safety. */
+	char* result = asctime(tm);
+	if(buf && result)
+		strcpy(buf, result);
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ff76665c..59af4962 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -137,21 +137,22 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC([socket],
 # modern OS X provides inet_ntop in -lc.
 # modern Solaris provides inet_ntop in -lsocket -lnsl.
 # older Solaris provides inet_ntop in -lresolv.
+# Windows provides inet_ntop in -lws2_32.
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([inet_ntop],
     [],
-    [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntop], [socket c nsl resolv], [ac_cv_func_inet_ntop=yes])
+    [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntop], [socket c nsl resolv ws2_32], [ac_cv_func_inet_ntop=yes])
 ])
 
 # modern Linux provides inet_pton in -lsocket.
 # modern OS X provides inet_pton in -lc.
 # modern Solaris provides inet_pton in -lsocket -lnsl.
 # older Solaris provides inet_pton in -lresolv.
+# Windows provides inet_pton in -lws2_32.
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([inet_pton],
     [],
-    [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_pton], [socket c nsl resolv], [ac_cv_func_inet_pton=yes])
+    [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_pton], [socket c nsl resolv ws2_32], [ac_cv_func_inet_pton=yes])
 ])
 
-
 AC_ARG_WITH(drill, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-drill],
  [Also build drill.]),
  [],[with_drill="no"])
@@ -736,7 +737,12 @@ case "$enable_rrtype_svcb_https" in
 		;;
 esac
 
-
+if echo "$tmp_LIBS" | grep "ws2_32" >/dev/null; then
+	if echo "$LIBSSL_LIBS" | grep "ws2_32" >/dev/null; then
+		# only need it once.
+		LIBSSL_LIBS=`echo "$LIBSSL_LIBS" | sed -e 's/ -lws2_32//' -e 's/^-lws2_32//'`
+	fi
+fi
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBSSL_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LIBSSL_LDFLAGS)
@@ -900,6 +906,29 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPE(in_port_t, [], [AC_DEFINE([in_port_t], [uint16_t], [in_port_t])],
 #endif])
 ACX_CHECK_SS_FAMILY
 
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([inet_pton,inet_ntop], [], [], [
+AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_TCP_H
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WS2TCPIP_H
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#endif
+])
+
 # AC_FUNC_MALLOC suffers false failures and causes Asan failures.
 # AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 # AC_FUNC_REALLOC
@@ -909,6 +938,7 @@ AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(b64_ntop)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(calloc)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(timegm)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(gmtime_r)
+AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(asctime_r)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(ctime_r)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(localtime_r)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(isblank)
@@ -930,7 +960,7 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
 	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FORK_AVAILABLE], 1, [if fork is available for compile])
 ], [	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 ])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endprotoent endservent sleep random fcntl strtoul bzero memset b32_ntop b32_pton])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endprotoent endservent sleep random fcntl strtoul bzero memset b32_ntop b32_pton symlink])
 if test "x$HAVE_B32_NTOP" = "xyes"; then
 	AC_SUBST(ldns_build_config_have_b32_ntop, 1)
 else
@@ -1114,6 +1144,9 @@ time_t timegm (struct tm *tm);
 #ifndef HAVE_GMTIME_R
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 #endif
+#ifndef HAVE_ASCTIME_R
+char *asctime_r(const struct tm *tm, char *buf);
+#endif
 #ifndef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
 struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 #endif
@@ -1128,10 +1161,10 @@ int isascii(int c);
 int snprintf (char *str, size_t count, const char *fmt, ...);
 int vsnprintf (char *str, size_t count, const char *fmt, va_list arg);
 #endif /* HAVE_SNPRINTF */
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_PTON
+#if !defined(HAVE_INET_PTON) && !HAVE_DECL_INET_PTON
 int inet_pton(int af, const char* src, void* dst);
 #endif /* HAVE_INET_PTON */
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
+#if !defined(HAVE_INET_NTOP) && !HAVE_DECL_INET_NTOP
 const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, char *dst, size_t size);
 #endif
 #ifndef HAVE_INET_ATON
@@ -1145,7 +1178,7 @@ size_t strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_WINSOCK
-#define SOCK_INVALID INVALID_SOCKET
+#define SOCK_INVALID ((INT_PTR)INVALID_SOCKET)
 #define close_socket(_s) do { if (_s != SOCK_INVALID) {closesocket(_s); _s = -1;} } while(0)
 #else
 #define SOCK_INVALID -1
diff --git a/edns.c b/edns.c
index 3d002d67..fe288c04 100644
--- a/edns.c
+++ b/edns.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * See the file LICENSE for the license
  */
 
+#include <ldns/config.h>
 #include <ldns/ldns.h>
 
 #define LDNS_OPTIONLIST_INIT 8
diff --git a/examples/ldns-keygen.c b/examples/ldns-keygen.c
index 2f690b69..351fc1b2 100644
--- a/examples/ldns-keygen.c
+++ b/examples/ldns-keygen.c
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ create_symlink(const char *symlink_destination, const char *symlink_name)
 	if (!symlink_name)
 		return result;  /* no arg "-s" at all */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
 	if ((result = symlink(symlink_destination, symlink_name)) == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create symlink %s -> %s: %s\n", symlink_name, symlink_destination, strerror(errno));
 	}
+#else
+	fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create symlink %s -> %s: no symlink()\n", symlink_name, symlink_destination);
+#endif
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/makewin.sh b/makewin.sh
index accc9058..cadecd16 100755
--- a/makewin.sh
+++ b/makewin.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cross_flag_nonstatic=""
 RC="no"
 SNAPSHOT="no"
 CHECKOUT=""
+GITREPO=""
 # the destination is a zipfile in the start directory ldns-a.b.c.zip
 # the start directory is a git repository, and it is copied to build from.
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
 		echo "	-s		snapshot, current date appended to version"
 		echo "	-rc <nr>	release candidate, the number is added to version"
 		echo "			ldns-<version>rc<nr>."
+		echo "  -u git_url	Retrieve the source from the specified repository url."
+		echo "			Detected from the working copy if not specified."
 		echo "	-c <tag/br>	Checkout this tag or branch, (defaults to current"
 		echo "			branch)."
 		echo "	-wssl <file>	Pass openssl.tar.gz file, use absolute path."
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
 		RC="$2"
 		shift
 		;;
+	"-u")
+		GITREPO="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
 	"-wssl")
 		WINSSL="$2"
 		shift
@@ -85,6 +92,10 @@ then
                 CHECKOUT=$( (git status | head -n 1 | awk '{print$3}') || echo develop)
         fi
 fi
+if [ -z "$GITREPO" ]
+then
+	GITREPO=`git config remote.origin.url`
+fi
 
 # this script creates a temp directory $cdir.
 # this directory contains subdirectories:
@@ -99,11 +110,11 @@ fi
 # sslinstall-nonstatic/ : install of nonstatic openssl compile
 
 info "exporting source into $cdir/ldns"
-git clone git://git.nlnetlabs.nl/ldns/ ldns || error_cleanup "git command failed"
+git clone "$GITREPO" ldns || error_cleanup "git command failed"
 (cd ldns; git checkout "$CHECKOUT") || error_cleanup "Could not checkout $CHECKOUT"
 #svn export . $cdir/ldns
 info "exporting source into $cdir/ldns-nonstatic"
-git clone git://git.nlnetlabs.nl/ldns/ ldns-nonstatic || error_cleanup "git command failed"
+git clone "$GITREPO" ldns-nonstatic || error_cleanup "git command failed"
 (cd ldns-nonstatic; git checkout "$CHECKOUT") || error_cleanup "Could not checkout $CHECKOUT"
 #svn export . $cdir/ldns-nonstatic
 
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ else
 	sslflags="no-shared no-asm -DOPENSSL_NO_CAPIENG mingw"
 fi
 info "winssl: Configure $sslflags"
-CC="${warch}-w64-mingw32-gcc" AR="${warch}-w64-mingw32-ar" RANLIB="${warch}-w64-mingw32-ranlib" WINDRES="${warch}-w64-mingw32-windres" ./Configure --prefix="$sslinstall" "$sslflags" || error_cleanup "OpenSSL Configure failed"
+CC="${warch}-w64-mingw32-gcc" AR="${warch}-w64-mingw32-ar" RANLIB="${warch}-w64-mingw32-ranlib" WINDRES="${warch}-w64-mingw32-windres" ./Configure --prefix="$sslinstall" $sslflags || error_cleanup "OpenSSL Configure failed"
 info "winssl: make"
 make || error_cleanup "make failed for $WINSSL"
 info "winssl: make install_sw"
@@ -157,7 +168,7 @@ libtoolize -ci
 autoreconf -fi
 ldns_flag="--with-examples --with-drill"
 info "ldns: Configure $cross_flag $ldns_flag"
-$configure "$cross_flag" "$ldns_flag" || error_cleanup "ldns configure failed"
+$configure $cross_flag $ldns_flag || error_cleanup "ldns configure failed"
 info "ldns: make"
 make || error_cleanup "ldns make failed"
 # do not strip debug symbols, could be useful for stack traces
@@ -196,7 +207,7 @@ libtoolize -ci
 autoreconf -fi
 ldns_flag_nonstatic="--with-examples --with-drill"
 info "ldnsnonstatic: Configure $cross_flag_nonstatic $ldns_flag_nonstatic"
-$configure "$cross_flag_nonstatic" "$ldns_flag_nonstatic" || error_cleanup "ldns configure failed"
+$configure $cross_flag_nonstatic $ldns_flag_nonstatic || error_cleanup "ldns configure failed"
 info "ldnsnonstatic: make"
 make || error_cleanup "ldns make failed"
 # do not strip debug symbols, could be useful for stack traces
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 57d4dff2..8fc9c8c4 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ ldns_tcp_connect_from(const struct sockaddr_storage *to, socklen_t tolen,
 		return -1;
 	}
 #endif
-	if (from && bind(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr*)from, fromlen) == SOCK_INVALID){
+	if (from && bind(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr*)from, fromlen) == -1){
 		close_socket(sockfd);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* perform nonblocking connect, to be able to wait with select() */
 	ldns_sock_nonblock(sockfd);
-	if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)to, tolen) == SOCK_INVALID) {
+	if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)to, tolen) == -1) {
 #ifndef USE_WINSOCK
 #ifdef EINPROGRESS
 		if(errno != EINPROGRESS) {