diff -Naur Python-3.5.0-orig/setup.py Python-3.5.0/setup.py --- Python-3.5.0-orig/setup.py 2015-09-21 13:41:33.783470900 +0300 +++ Python-3.5.0/setup.py 2015-09-21 13:41:33.895459700 +0300 @@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ macros = dict() libraries = ['rt'] - if host_platform == 'win32': + if host_platform.startswith(('mingw', 'win')): multiprocessing_srcs = [ '_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c', '_multiprocessing/semaphore.c', ] @@ -1545,8 +1545,12 @@ multiprocessing_srcs.append('_multiprocessing/semaphore.c') if sysconfig.get_config_var('WITH_THREAD'): + multiprocessing_libs = [] + if host_platform.startswith(('mingw', 'win')): + multiprocessing_libs += ['ws2_32'] exts.append ( Extension('_multiprocessing', multiprocessing_srcs, define_macros=list(macros.items()), + libraries=multiprocessing_libs, include_dirs=["Modules/_multiprocessing"])) else: missing.append('_multiprocessing')