diff --git a/mklove/modules/configure.lib b/mklove/modules/configure.lib
index 49ed293681f9cc10cca6b7bc8dd17e4c6f4b6a71..fea2be71a0b4ec9074e80162468f1ff4a08d64a9 100644
--- a/mklove/modules/configure.lib
+++ b/mklove/modules/configure.lib
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ function checks {
     mkl_meta_set gnulib name "GNU-compatible linker options"
     mkl_meta_set osxlib name "OSX linker options"
 
-    if mkl_compile_check gnulib WITH_GNULD cont CC \
+    if mkl_compile_check mgwlib WITH_MGWLD cont CC \
+	"-shared -Wl,--out-implib,mkltest.0" "" ; then
+	# MinGW linker
+	mkl_mkvar_append LIB_LDFLAGS LIB_LDFLAGS '-Wl,--out-implib,$(LIBFILENAMELINK)'
+
+    elif mkl_compile_check gnulib WITH_GNULD cont CC \
 	"-shared -Wl,-soname,mkltest.0" "" ; then
 	# GNU linker
 	mkl_mkvar_append LIB_LDFLAGS LIB_LDFLAGS '-Wl,-soname,$(LIBFILENAME)'
diff --git a/mklove/modules/configure.socket b/mklove/modules/configure.socket
index f0777ab3b697a1b010a7fea90756ce7108a94baa..419dfbb1d712895aa4ee1345cddf76f351ee9fd3 100644
--- a/mklove/modules/configure.socket
+++ b/mklove/modules/configure.socket
@@ -6,15 +6,21 @@ function checks {
 
     local src="
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#else
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 void foo (void) {
    int s = socket(0, 0, 0);
    close(s);
 }"
     if ! mkl_compile_check socket "" cont CC "" "$src"; then
-	if mkl_compile_check --ldflags="-lsocket -lnsl" socket_nsl "" fail CC "" "$src"; then
+	if mkl_compile_check --ldflags="-lsocket -lnsl" socket_nsl "" cont CC "" "$src"; then
 	    mkl_mkvar_append socket_nsl LIBS "-lsocket -lnsl"
+	elif mkl_compile_check --ldflags="-lws2_32" winsock "" fail CC "" "$src"; then
+	    mkl_mkvar_append winsock LIBS "-lws2_32"
 	fi
     fi
 }
diff --git a/mklove/Makefile.base b/mklove/Makefile.base
index 783b3a6bba1a471f74816d69c8f3d6768e006ff0..e33c58aebabc4ea913b454f2ec1e71e18f71ec3c 100755
--- a/mklove/Makefile.base
+++ b/mklove/Makefile.base
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ ifndef MKL_MAKEFILE_CONFIG
 endif
 
 _UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+_UNAME_O := $(shell uname -o)
 ifeq ($(_UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	LIBFILENAME=$(LIBNAME).$(LIBVER).dylib
 	LIBFILENAMELINK=$(LIBNAME).dylib
+else ifeq ($(_UNAME_O),Msys)
+	LIBFILENAME=$(LIBNAME)-$(LIBVER).dll
+	LIBFILENAMELINK=$(LIBNAME).dll.a
 else
 	LIBFILENAME=$(LIBNAME).so.$(LIBVER)
 	LIBFILENAMELINK=$(LIBNAME).so
@@ -91,8 +95,10 @@ $(LIBNAME).a:	$(OBJS)
 	$(AR) rcs$(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS)
 
 $(LIBFILENAMELINK): $(LIBFILENAME)
+ifneq ($(_UNAME_O),Msys)
 	@printf "$(MKL_YELLOW)Creating $@ symlink$(MKL_CLR_RESET)\n"
 	rm -f "$@" && ln -s "$^" "$@"
+endif
 
 
 # pkg-config .pc file definition
@@ -151,13 +157,23 @@ lib-install:
 	$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(includedir)/$(PKGNAME) ; \
 	$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(libdir) ; \
 	$(INSTALL) $(HDRS) $$DESTDIR$(includedir)/$(PKGNAME) ; \
-	$(INSTALL) $(LIBNAME).a $$DESTDIR$(libdir) ; \
+	$(INSTALL) $(LIBNAME).a $$DESTDIR$(libdir)
+ifeq ($(_UNAME_O),Msys)
+	$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(bindir) ; \
+	$(INSTALL) $(LIBFILENAME) $$DESTDIR$(bindir) ; \
+	[ -f "$(LIBNAME0).pc" ] && ( \
+		$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(pkgconfigdir) ; \
+		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(LIBNAME0).pc $$DESTDIR$(pkgconfigdir) \
+	) ; \
+	$(INSTALL) $(LIBFILENAMELINK) $$DESTDIR$(libdir)
+else
 	$(INSTALL) $(LIBFILENAME) $$DESTDIR$(libdir) ; \
 	[ -f "$(LIBNAME0).pc" ] && ( \
 		$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(pkgconfigdir) ; \
 		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(LIBNAME0).pc $$DESTDIR$(pkgconfigdir) \
 	) ; \
 	(cd $$DESTDIR$(libdir) && ln -sf $(LIBFILENAME) $(LIBFILENAMELINK))
+endif
 
 lib-uninstall:
 	@printf "$(MKL_YELLOW)Uninstall $(LIBNAME) from $$DESTDIR$(prefix)$(MKL_CLR_RESET)\n"
@@ -173,7 +189,7 @@ lib-uninstall:
 bin-install:
 	@printf "$(MKL_YELLOW)Install $(BIN) to $$DESTDIR$(prefix)$(MKL_CLR_RESET)\n"
 	$(INSTALL) -d $$DESTDIR$(bindir) && \
-	$(INSTALL) $(BIN) $$DESTDIR$(bindir) 
+	$(INSTALL) $(BIN) $$DESTDIR$(bindir)
 
 bin-uninstall:
 	@printf "$(MKL_YELLOW)Uninstall $(BIN) from $$DESTDIR$(prefix)$(MKL_CLR_RESET)\n"
diff --git a/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-consumer.cpp b/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-consumer.cpp
index 6772686a9c5ebb9865e25152ae59d5807a9bb5af..1e2646c4ade66386b35d931ae9836e8500879098 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-consumer.cpp
+++ b/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-consumer.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#else
 #include <netinet/in.h> // remove
+#endif
 
 /* Typical include path is <libserdes/serdescpp-avro.h> */
 #include "../src-cpp/serdescpp-avro.h"
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ static int avro2json (Serdes::Schema *schema, const avro::GenericDatum *datum,
 
   /* JSON output stream */
   std::ostringstream oss;
-  std::auto_ptr<avro::OutputStream> json_os = avro::ostreamOutputStream(oss);
+  avro::OutputStreamPtr json_os = avro::ostreamOutputStream(oss);
 
   try {
     /* Encode Avro datum to JSON */
@@ -213,11 +217,16 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
   std::string errstr;
 
   /* Controlled termination */
+#ifdef WIN32
+  signal(SIGINT, sig_term);
+  signal(SIGTERM, sig_term);
+#else
   struct sigaction sa;
   memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
   sa.sa_handler = sig_term;
   sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
   sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
+#endif
 
 
   /* Create serdes configuration object.
diff --git a/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-producer.cpp b/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-producer.cpp
index de5836a55aee332cb6a8ae59c2ae381c1498d6ad..1eb771d74e2671f7c958234949047c78986212af 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-producer.cpp
+++ b/examples/kafka-serdes-avro-console-producer.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int json2avro (Serdes::Schema *schema, const std::string &json,
 
   /* Input stream from json string */
   std::istringstream iss(json);
-  std::auto_ptr<avro::InputStream> json_is = avro::istreamInputStream(iss);
+  avro::InputStreamPtr json_is = avro::istreamInputStream(iss);
 
   /* JSON decoder */
   avro::DecoderPtr json_decoder = avro::jsonDecoder(*avro_schema);
@@ -155,11 +155,16 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
   int partition = -1;
 
   /* Controlled termination */
+#ifdef WIN32
+  signal(SIGINT, sig_term);
+  signal(SIGTERM, sig_term);
+#else
   struct sigaction sa;
   memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
   sa.sa_handler = sig_term;
   sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
   sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
+#endif
 
 
   /* Create serdes configuration object.
diff --git a/examples/serdes-tool.cpp b/examples/serdes-tool.cpp
index 457694bfde6be15deb35ace4a4213d19306fe999..00bd9a4697464f388723366d3ae57344fc89cf73 100644
--- a/examples/serdes-tool.cpp
+++ b/examples/serdes-tool.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void decode_json (Serdes::Schema *schema, const std::string &json_str) {
 
   decoder = avro::jsonDecoder(*static_cast<avro::ValidSchema*>(schema->object()));
 
-  std::auto_ptr<avro::InputStream> istream =
+  avro::InputStreamPtr istream =
       avro::memoryInputStream((const uint8_t *)json_str.c_str(), json_str.size());
 
   decoder->init(*istream);
@@ -112,11 +112,16 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 
 
   /* Controlled termination */
+#ifdef WIN32
+  signal(SIGINT, sig_term);
+  signal(SIGTERM, sig_term);
+#else
   struct sigaction sa;
   memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
   sa.sa_handler = sig_term;
   sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
   sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
+#endif
 
 
   /* Create serdes configuration object.
diff --git a/src/framing.c b/src/framing.c
index 45429bc749e24f39308d5ca996b27991048e3d38..8e08987bb14581793b507ec9cc3f1be4edd75357 100644
--- a/src/framing.c
+++ b/src/framing.c
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 
 #include "serdes_int.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#else
 #include <arpa/inet.h> /* ntohl/htonl */
+#endif
 
 
 size_t serdes_serializer_framing_size (serdes_t *sd) {
diff --git a/src/serdes_int.h b/src/serdes_int.h
index d2f4e97013a2d82aa0f9ed59c1f53dc0eb6d63b3..3e4852551e7db0185eb5a1c0c0589b6ac144be25 100644
--- a/src/serdes_int.h
+++ b/src/serdes_int.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include "queue.h"
 
 #include <avro.h>
 
diff --git a/src-cpp/Makefile b/src-cpp/Makefile
index 4bd77ba85fba264b7cd4c68ab7720ce1019b94b9..322585daa1a9dd50f2294f2022e488ef5520f53f 100644
--- a/src-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/src-cpp/Makefile
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(_UNAME_S),AIX)
 	FWD_LINKING_REQ=y
 endif
-ifeq ($(shell uname -o 2>/dev/null),Cygwin)
+ifeq ($(_UNAME_O),Cygwin)
+	FWD_LINKING_REQ=y
+endif
+ifeq ($(_UNAME_O),Msys)
 	FWD_LINKING_REQ=y
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(FWD_LINKING_REQ),y)
-	LIBS := -L../src -lserdes $(LIBS) 
+	LIBS := -L../src -lserdes $(LIBS)
 endif
 
 LIBS += -lstdc++
diff --git a/src-cpp/Serdes.cpp b/src-cpp/Serdes.cpp
index 01446fb376d4eca367f31c446f318ff2cf21cce7..e5a9c3a3e98d8b9c3a932960c86d3a0c21f30915 100644
--- a/src-cpp/Serdes.cpp
+++ b/src-cpp/Serdes.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ ssize_t AvroImpl::serialize (Schema *schema, const avro::GenericDatum *datum,
   avro::ValidSchema *avro_schema = schema->object();
 
   /* Binary encoded output stream */
-  std::auto_ptr<avro::OutputStream> bin_os = avro::memoryOutputStream();
+  avro::OutputStreamPtr bin_os = avro::memoryOutputStream();
   /* Avro binary encoder */
   avro::EncoderPtr bin_encoder = avro::validatingEncoder(*avro_schema,
                                                          avro::binaryEncoder());
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ ssize_t AvroImpl::serialize (Schema *schema, const avro::GenericDatum *datum,
   }
 
   /* Extract written bytes. */
-  boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> > v;
+  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> > v;
   v = avro::snapshot(*bin_os.get());
 
   /* Write framing */
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ ssize_t AvroImpl::deserialize (Schema **schemap, avro::GenericDatum **datump,
   avro::ValidSchema *avro_schema = schema->object();
 
   /* Binary input stream */
-  std::auto_ptr<avro::InputStream> bin_is =
+  avro::InputStreamPtr bin_is =
       avro::memoryInputStream((const uint8_t *)payload, size);
 
   /* Binary Avro decoder */