diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
index 3a6a750a8eb320..17f929dede30d1 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ int cmd_credential_cache_daemon(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
 	socket_path = argv[0];
 
+	if (!have_unix_sockets())
+		die(_("credential-cache--daemon unavailable; no unix socket support"));
 	if (!socket_path)
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);
 
diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache.c b/builtin/credential-cache.c
index bba96d4ffd6f19..bef120b537533c 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ int cmd_credential_cache(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);
 	op = argv[0];
 
+	if (!have_unix_sockets())
+		die(_("credential-cache unavailable; no unix socket support"));
+
 	if (!socket_path)
 		socket_path = get_socket_path();
 	if (!socket_path)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 51961b44c5439f..0dc226c2a7b038 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -4215,3 +4215,22 @@ int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr, DWORD tag, const char *path)
 		fMode |= S_IWRITE;
 	return fMode;
 }
+
+int mingw_have_unix_sockets(void)
+{
+	SC_HANDLE scm, srvc;
+	SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS status;
+	DWORD bytes;
+	int ret = 0;
+	scm = OpenSCManagerA(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_CONNECT);
+	if (scm) {
+		srvc = OpenServiceA(scm, "afunix", SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS);
+		if (srvc) {
+			if(QueryServiceStatusEx(srvc, SC_STATUS_PROCESS_INFO, (LPBYTE)&status, sizeof(SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS), &bytes))
+				ret = status.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING;
+			CloseServiceHandle(srvc);
+		}
+		CloseServiceHandle(scm);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index df85b7d1b26f9b..c0df7f3ef6b28f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -729,3 +729,9 @@ int err_win_to_posix(DWORD winerr);
  * Check current process is inside Windows Container.
  */
 int is_inside_windows_container(void);
+
+#ifndef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
+int mingw_have_unix_sockets(void);
+#undef have_unix_sockets
+#define have_unix_sockets mingw_have_unix_sockets
+#endif
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 25ecc1faea77f2..5269ea16c1e0bc 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease
 	NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease
 	NO_IPV6 = YesPlease
-	NO_UNIX_SOCKETS = YesPlease
 	NO_SETENV = YesPlease
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
@@ -652,7 +651,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease
 	NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease
-	NO_UNIX_SOCKETS = YesPlease
 	NO_SETENV = YesPlease
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 6a978cdb799988..896be4c816e6ae 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -220,6 +220,18 @@ struct strbuf;
 #define GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
 #endif
 
+#if defined(NO_UNIX_SOCKETS) || !defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE) 
+static inline int _have_unix_sockets(void)
+{
+#if defined(NO_UNIX_SOCKETS)
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return 1;
+#endif
+}
+#define have_unix_sockets _have_unix_sockets
+#endif
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -1627,5 +1639,4 @@ static inline void *container_of_or_null_offset(void *ptr, size_t offset)
 #define OFFSETOF_VAR(ptr, member) \
 	((uintptr_t)&(ptr)->member - (uintptr_t)(ptr))
 #endif /* !__GNUC__ */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh b/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
index 8300faadea9a76..f2c146fa2a1dd7 100755
--- a/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
+++ b/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ test -z "$NO_UNIX_SOCKETS" || {
 	skip_all='skipping credential-cache tests, unix sockets not available'
 	test_done
 }
+if test_have_prereq MINGW
+then
+	service_running=$(sc query afunix | grep "4  RUNNING")
+	test -z "$service_running" || {
+		skip_all='skipping credential-cache tests, unix sockets not available'
+		test_done
+	}
+fi
 
 uname_s=$(uname -s)
 case $uname_s in