diff --git a/ev_win32.c b/ev_win32.c
index 338886e..9217af5 100644
--- a/ev_win32.c
+++ b/ev_win32.c
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
 /* for the crt to do something about it */
 volatile double SIGFPE_REQ = 0.0f;
 
+static SOCKET
+ev_tcp_socket (void)
+{
+#if EV_USE_WSASOCKET
+  return WSASocket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+#else
+  return socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+#endif
+}
+
 /* oh, the humanity! */
 static int
 ev_pipe (int filedes [2])
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ ev_pipe (int filedes [2])
   SOCKET listener;
   SOCKET sock [2] = { -1, -1 };
 
-  if ((listener = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
+  if ((listener = ev_tcp_socket ()) == INVALID_SOCKET)
     return -1;
 
   addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@ ev_pipe (int filedes [2])
   if (listen (listener, 1))
     goto fail;
 
-  if ((sock [0] = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
+  if ((sock [0] = ev_tcp_socket ()) == INVALID_SOCKET)
     goto fail;
 
   if (connect (sock [0], (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addr_size))