diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b9652c172..1c5c29dbe5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h],
   [HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H="yes"], [HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H="no"], [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H, test "x$HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H" = "xyes")
 
+dnl used in gst-libs/gst/rtsp
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([winsock2.h], [HAVE_WINSOCK2_H=yes], [HAVE_WINSOCK2_H=no], [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_WINSOCK2_H, test "x$HAVE_WINSOCK2_H" = "xyes")
+if test "x$HAVE_WINSOCK2_H" = "xyes"; then
+  WIN32_LIBS="-lws2_32"
+  AC_SUBST(WIN32_LIBS)
+fi
+
 dnl used in gst-libs/gst/pbutils and associated unit test
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([process.h sys/types.h sys/wait.h sys/stat.h], [], [], [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/Makefile.am b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/Makefile.am
index eceafe56fb..b6e1e9de5a 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ nodist_libgstrtspinclude_HEADERS = gstrtsp-enumtypes.h
 
 libgstrtsp_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GIO_CFLAGS)
 libgstrtsp_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS) $(GIO_LIBS) $(LIBM)
-libgstrtsp_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(GST_LT_LDFLAGS)
+libgstrtsp_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(GST_LT_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32_LIBS)
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(built_headers) $(built_sources)
 EXTRA_DIST = gstrtsp-marshal.list