diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstelements.c b/plugins/elements/gstelements.c
index bc5f50bc6e..7835a2b60b 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstelements.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstelements.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static struct _elements_entry _elements[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
   {"fdsrc", GST_RANK_NONE, gst_fd_src_get_type},
   {"fdsink", GST_RANK_NONE, gst_fd_sink_get_type},
+#endif
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+  {"fdsrc", GST_RANK_NONE, gst_fd_src_get_type},
+  {"fdsink", GST_RANK_NONE, gst_fd_sink_get_type},
 #endif
   {"filesrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY, gst_file_src_get_type},
   {"identity", GST_RANK_NONE, gst_identity_get_type},
diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstfdsink.c b/plugins/elements/gstfdsink.c
index f469449086..9102185be7 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstfdsink.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstfdsink.c
@@ -50,14 +50,19 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include <io.h>
+#undef stat
+#define stat _stat
+#define fstat _fstat
+#define S_ISREG(m)	(((m)&S_IFREG)==S_IFREG)
 #endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstfdsrc.c b/plugins/elements/gstfdsrc.c
index 0683a2c6ae..36abcd7b47 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstfdsrc.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstfdsrc.c
@@ -71,14 +71,19 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include <io.h>
+#undef stat
+#define stat _stat
+#define fstat _fstat
+#define S_ISREG(m)	(((m)&S_IFREG)==S_IFREG)
 #endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>