diff -rupN --no-dereference Python-3.11.8/configure.ac Python-3.11.8-new/configure.ac
--- Python-3.11.8/configure.ac	2024-02-16 22:21:28.026345544 +0100
+++ Python-3.11.8-new/configure.ac	2024-02-16 22:21:30.644348074 +0100
@@ -4646,8 +4646,8 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat fdopendir fdwalk fexecve \
   fork fork1 fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimens futimes futimesat \
   gai_strerror getegid getentropy geteuid getgid getgrgid getgrgid_r \
-  getgrnam_r getgrouplist getgroups gethostname getitimer getloadavg getlogin \
-  getpeername getpgid getpid getppid getpriority _getpty \
+  getgrnam_r getgrouplist getgroups getitimer getloadavg getlogin \
+  getpgid getpid getppid getpriority _getpty \
   getpwent getpwnam_r getpwuid getpwuid_r getresgid getresuid getrusage getsid getspent \
   getspnam getuid getwd if_nameindex initgroups kill killpg lchown linkat \
   lockf lstat lutimes madvise mbrtowc memrchr mkdirat mkfifo mkfifoat \
@@ -4889,7 +4889,13 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBLZMA], [liblzma],
 ])
 
 dnl PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC(FUNCTION)
-AC_DEFUN([PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC], [PY_CHECK_FUNC([$1], [#include <netdb.h>])])
+AC_DEFUN([PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC], [PY_CHECK_FUNC([$1], [
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#  include <winsock2.h>
+#else
+#  include <netdb.h>
+#endif
+])])
 
 PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([hstrerror])
 dnl not available in WASI yet
@@ -4898,13 +4904,18 @@ PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([getservbyport])
 PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([gethostbyname])
 PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([gethostbyaddr])
 PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([getprotobyname])
+PY_CHECK_NETDB_FUNC([gethostname])
 
 dnl PY_CHECK_SOCKET_FUNC(FUNCTION)
 AC_DEFUN([PY_CHECK_SOCKET_FUNC], [PY_CHECK_FUNC([$1], [
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#  include <winsock2.h>
+#else
+#  include <sys/socket.h>
+#  include <netinet/in.h>
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
 ])])
 
 PY_CHECK_SOCKET_FUNC([inet_aton])
diff -rupN --no-dereference Python-3.11.8/Modules/Setup Python-3.11.8-new/Modules/Setup
--- Python-3.11.8/Modules/Setup	2024-02-16 22:21:30.632348062 +0100
+++ Python-3.11.8-new/Modules/Setup	2024-02-16 22:21:30.644348074 +0100
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)
 #_pickle _pickle.c
 #_queue _queuemodule.c
 #_random _randommodule.c
-#_socket socketmodule.c
+_socket socketmodule.c -lws2_32 -liphlpapi
 #_statistics _statisticsmodule.c
 #_struct _struct.c
 #_typing _typingmodule.c
diff -rupN --no-dereference Python-3.11.8/Modules/socketmodule.c Python-3.11.8-new/Modules/socketmodule.c
--- Python-3.11.8/Modules/socketmodule.c	2024-02-06 22:21:21.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-3.11.8-new/Modules/socketmodule.c	2024-02-16 22:21:30.649348078 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ shutdown(how) -- shut down traffic in on
 # endif
 
 /* Macros based on the IPPROTO enum, see: https://bugs.python.org/issue29515 */
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define IPPROTO_ICMP IPPROTO_ICMP
 #define IPPROTO_IGMP IPPROTO_IGMP
 #define IPPROTO_GGP IPPROTO_GGP
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ remove_unusable_flags(PyObject *m)
   /* Do not include addrinfo.h for MSVC7 or greater. 'addrinfo' and
    * EAI_* constants are defined in (the already included) ws2tcpip.h.
    */
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+  /* Do not include addrinfo.h as minimum supported version is
+   * _WIN32_WINNT >= WindowsXP(0x0501)
+   */
 #else
 #  include "addrinfo.h"
 #endif
@@ -8112,7 +8116,7 @@ PyInit__socket(void)
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, IPPROTO_MAX);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef  MS_WINDOWS
+#ifdef  _MSC_VER
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, IPPROTO_ICLFXBM);
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, IPPROTO_ST);
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, IPPROTO_CBT);