diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8aa489f3b6..61c7dff942 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2015,6 +2015,10 @@ ifdef NO_PREAD
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_PREAD
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/pread.o
 endif
+ifdef NO_WRITEV
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_WRITEV
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/writev.o
+endif
 ifdef NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 endif
diff --git a/compat/posix.h b/compat/posix.h
index 245386fa4a..3c611d2736 100644
--- a/compat/posix.h
+++ b/compat/posix.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
+#ifndef NO_WRITEV
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#endif
 #include <termios.h>
 #ifndef NO_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
@@ -323,6 +326,17 @@ int git_lstat(const char *, struct stat *);
 ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef NO_WRITEV
+#define writev git_writev
+#define iovec git_iovec
+struct git_iovec {
+	void *iov_base;
+	size_t iov_len;
+};
+
+ssize_t git_writev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef NO_SETENV
 #define setenv gitsetenv
 int gitsetenv(const char *, const char *, int);
diff --git a/compat/writev.c b/compat/writev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b77e534d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/writev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+#include "../wrapper.h"
+
+ssize_t git_writev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
+{
+	size_t total_written = 0;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < iovcnt; i++) {
+		const char *bytes = iov[i].iov_base;
+		size_t iovec_written = 0;
+
+		while (iovec_written < iov[i].iov_len) {
+			ssize_t bytes_written = xwrite(fd, bytes + iovec_written,
+						       iov[i].iov_len - iovec_written);
+			if (bytes_written < 0) {
+				if (total_written)
+					goto out;
+				return bytes_written;
+			}
+			if (!bytes_written)
+				goto out;
+			iovec_written += bytes_written;
+			total_written += bytes_written;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	return cast_size_t_to_ssize_t(total_written);
+}
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3c35ae33a3..8e66a1cc0a 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	SANE_TOOL_PATH ?= $(msvc_bin_dir_msys)
 	HAVE_ALLOCA_H = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
+	NO_WRITEV = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
 	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	pathsep = ;
 	HAVE_ALLOCA_H = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
+	NO_WRITEV = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
 	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dd52efd1c8..f1cd89efc7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ checkfuncs = {
   'initgroups' : [],
   'strtoumax' : ['strtoumax.c', 'strtoimax.c'],
   'pread' : ['pread.c'],
+  'writev' : ['writev.c'],
 }
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'