diff --git a/lib-src/pop.c b/lib-src/pop.c
index 10aac957d4b..0b9204576bd 100644
--- a/lib-src/pop.c
+++ b/lib-src/pop.c
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include "ntlib.h"
 #undef _WIN32_WINNT
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501	/* for getaddrinfo stuff */
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#if defined __MINGW32_VERSION && __MINGW32_VERSION >= 5000000L
+# include <windows.h>
+#else
+# include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #undef getaddrinfo
 #define getaddrinfo  sys_getaddrinfo
 #undef freeaddrinfo
diff --git a/nt/inc/ms-w32.h b/nt/inc/ms-w32.h
index ff4317817e0..0ab46e98328 100644
--- a/nt/inc/ms-w32.h
+++ b/nt/inc/ms-w32.h
@@ -455,7 +455,12 @@ extern char *get_emacs_configuration_options (void);
    windows.h.  For this to have proper effect, config.h must always be
    included before windows.h.  */
 #define _WINSOCKAPI_    1
-#define _WINSOCK_H
+#if defined __MINGW32_VERSION && __MINGW32_VERSION < 5000000L
+/* mingw.org's MinGW 5.x changed how it includes winsock.h and time.h,
+   and now defining _WINSOCK_H skips the definition of struct timeval,
+   which we don't want.  */
+# define _WINSOCK_H
+#endif
 
 /* Defines size_t and alloca ().  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/nt/inc/sys/socket.h b/nt/inc/sys/socket.h
index 2582cbdaef1..3ea9542b05c 100644
--- a/nt/inc/sys/socket.h
+++ b/nt/inc/sys/socket.h
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #define timeval ws_timeval
 #endif
 
+#if defined __MINGW32_VERSION && __MINGW32_VERSION >= 5000000L
+/* Need winerror.h before winsock2.h with mingw.org's MinGW 5.x,
+   otherwise some error codes are not defined.  */
+# include <winerror.h>
+#endif
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 /* process.c uses uint16_t (from C99) for IPv6, but