diff --git a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
index 1af100bc9..9e827e00d 100644
--- a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
+++ b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.cxx
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ SocketDescriptor::GetError()
 		: errno;
 }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+bool
+SocketDescriptor::SetNonBlocking() noexcept
+{
+	u_long val = 1;
+	return ioctlsocket(fd, FIONBIO, &val) == 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 bool
 SocketDescriptor::SetOption(int level, int name,
 			    const void *value, size_t size)
diff --git a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.hxx b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.hxx
index bd8f8fed0..2ef7dc2f2 100644
--- a/src/net/SocketDescriptor.hxx
+++ b/src/net/SocketDescriptor.hxx
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public:
 	using FileDescriptor::Duplicate;
 	using FileDescriptor::Close;
 #else
+	bool SetNonBlocking() noexcept;
+
 	/**
 	 * This method replaces FileDescriptor::Close(), using closesocket()
 	 * on Windows.  FileDescriptor::Close() is not virtual, so be