diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2aa067aaf4..46034bfc47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ LIB_H += compat/cygwin.h
 LIB_H += compat/mingw.h
 LIB_H += compat/win32/pthread.h
 LIB_H += compat/win32/syslog.h
+LIB_H += compat/win32/sys/poll.h
 LIB_H += csum-file.h
 LIB_H += decorate.h
 LIB_H += delta.h
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	AR = compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
 	CFLAGS =
 	BASIC_CFLAGS = -nologo -I. -I../zlib -Icompat/vcbuild -Icompat/vcbuild/include -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DHAVE_STRING_H -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
-	COMPAT_OBJS = compat/msvc.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o
+	COMPAT_OBJS = compat/msvc.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o compat/win32/sys/poll.o
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS = -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -DHAVE_STRING_H -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/regex -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/win32 -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS = -IGNORE:4217 -IGNORE:4049 -NOLOGO -SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE -NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.lib
 	EXTLIBS = advapi32.lib shell32.lib wininet.lib ws2_32.lib
@@ -1132,7 +1133,8 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/win32
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o \
-		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o
+		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o \
+		compat/win32/sys/poll.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 	X = .exe
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index a6c1ee702a..29f403649f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -408,71 +408,6 @@ int pipe(int filedes[2])
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
-{
-	int i, pending;
-
-	if (timeout >= 0) {
-		if (nfds == 0) {
-			Sleep(timeout);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		return errno = EINVAL, error("poll timeout not supported");
-	}
-
-	/* When there is only one fd to wait for, then we pretend that
-	 * input is available and let the actual wait happen when the
-	 * caller invokes read().
-	 */
-	if (nfds == 1) {
-		if (!(ufds[0].events & POLLIN))
-			return errno = EINVAL, error("POLLIN not set");
-		ufds[0].revents = POLLIN;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-repeat:
-	pending = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < nfds; i++) {
-		DWORD avail = 0;
-		HANDLE h = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(ufds[i].fd);
-		if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-			return -1;	/* errno was set */
-
-		if (!(ufds[i].events & POLLIN))
-			return errno = EINVAL, error("POLLIN not set");
-
-		/* this emulation works only for pipes */
-		if (!PeekNamedPipe(h, NULL, 0, NULL, &avail, NULL)) {
-			int err = GetLastError();
-			if (err == ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE) {
-				ufds[i].revents = POLLHUP;
-				pending++;
-			} else {
-				errno = EINVAL;
-				return error("PeekNamedPipe failed,"
-					" GetLastError: %u", err);
-			}
-		} else if (avail) {
-			ufds[i].revents = POLLIN;
-			pending++;
-		} else
-			ufds[i].revents = 0;
-	}
-	if (!pending) {
-		/* The only times that we spin here is when the process
-		 * that is connected through the pipes is waiting for
-		 * its own input data to become available. But since
-		 * the process (pack-objects) is itself CPU intensive,
-		 * it will happily pick up the time slice that we are
-		 * relinquishing here.
-		 */
-		Sleep(0);
-		goto repeat;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 {
 	/* gmtime() in MSVCRT.DLL is thread-safe, but not reentrant */
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 51fca2f845..99a746703f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@ struct passwd {
 
 extern char *getpass(const char *prompt);
 
-#ifndef POLLIN
-struct pollfd {
-	int fd;           /* file descriptor */
-	short events;     /* requested events */
-	short revents;    /* returned events */
-};
-#define POLLIN 1
-#define POLLHUP 2
-#endif
-
 typedef void (__cdecl *sig_handler_t)(int);
 struct sigaction {
 	sig_handler_t sa_handler;
@@ -175,7 +165,6 @@ int pipe(int filedes[2]);
 unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds);
 int mkstemp(char *template);
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
-int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 int getpagesize(void);	/* defined in MinGW's libgcc.a */
diff --git a/compat/win32/sys/poll.c b/compat/win32/sys/poll.c
index 092d05e6bd..7e74ebe59a 100644
--- a/compat/win32/sys/poll.c
+++ b/compat/win32/sys/poll.c
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 # pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wtype-limits"
 #endif
 
-#include <config.h>
-#include <alloca.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "poll.h"
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 56dce85884..d0a1e480b6 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <sys/poll.h>
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <termios.h>