diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 25b5d307b..6be16956c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -106,3 +106,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/libusb"]
 	path = externals/libusb
 	url = https://github.com/libusb/libusb-cmake.git
+[submodule "externals/wepoll"]
+	path = externals/wepoll
+	url = https://github.com/piscisaureus/wepoll.git
diff --git a/externals/wepoll b/externals/wepoll
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..0598a791b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/wepoll
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0598a791bf9cbbf480793d778930fc635b044980
diff --git a/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h b/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
index 5363efff0..bd2117058 100644
--- a/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
+++ b/src/core/libraries/network/net_epoll.h
@@ -10,16 +10,27 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <wepoll/wepoll.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
+#define epoll_close close
 #endif
 
 namespace Libraries::Net {
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+using epoll_handle = HANDLE;
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+using epoll_handle = int;
+#endif
+
 struct Epoll {
     std::vector<std::pair<u32 /*netId*/, OrbisNetEpollEvent>> events{};
     const char* name;
-    int epoll_fd;
+    epoll_handle epoll_fd;
 
     explicit Epoll(const char* name_) : name(name_), epoll_fd(epoll_create1(0)) {
         ASSERT(epoll_fd != -1);
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ struct Epoll {
 
     void Destroy() noexcept {
         events.clear();
-        close(epoll_fd);
+        epoll_close(epoll_fd);
         epoll_fd = -1;
         name = nullptr;
         destroyed = true;