diff --git a/libs/esl/src/esl.c b/libs/esl/src/esl.c
index 76a09b1735..e3ea1532b0 100644
--- a/libs/esl/src/esl.c
+++ b/libs/esl/src/esl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <esl.h>
 #ifndef WIN32
 #define closesocket(x) close(x)
+#else
+#include <Ws2tcpip.h>
 #endif
 
 
@@ -636,6 +638,7 @@ ESL_DECLARE(esl_status_t) esl_connect(esl_handle_t *handle, const char *host, es
 	hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 	
+	gethostbyname(host);
 	if (getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, &result)) {
 		strncpy(handle->err, "Cannot resolve host", sizeof(handle->err));
 		goto fail;