diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 53b3f780a4..8ed621d004 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -86,7 +86,47 @@ int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
 }
 int pipe(int filedes[2])
 {
-	return _pipe(filedes, 4096, 0);
+	int fd;
+	HANDLE h[2], parent;
+
+	if (_pipe(filedes, 4096, 0) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	parent = GetCurrentProcess();
+
+	if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(filedes[0]),
+			parent, &h[0], 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(filedes[1]),
+			parent, &h[1], 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[0]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	fd = _open_osfhandle(h[0], O_NOINHERIT);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[0]);
+		CloseHandle(h[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(filedes[0]);
+	filedes[0] = fd;
+	fd = _open_osfhandle(h[1], O_NOINHERIT);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(filedes[1]);
+	filedes[1] = fd;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)