diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/windows.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/windows.h
index 991bb2a55..ac940e644 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/windows.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/windows.h
@@ -361,6 +361,15 @@ ssize_t windows_send(int sockfd, const void *buf, size_t len, int flags);
 ssize_t windows_sendto(int sockfd, const void *buf, size_t len, int flags,
 					   const struct sockaddr *dest_addr, socklen_t addrlen);
 
+/**
+ * strerror_r(2) replacement, XSI variant
+ */
+static inline int strerror_r(int errnum, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	return strerror_s(buf, buflen, errnum);
+}
+#define HAVE_STRERROR_R /* but not STRERROR_R_CHAR_P */
+
 /**
  * MinGW does provide extended errno values. Windows itself knowns them
  * for POSIX compatibility; we define them as well.