diff --git a/easysock.cpp b/easysock.cpp
index ace9f79..450fd64 100644
--- a/easysock.cpp
+++ b/easysock.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
 #include "easysock.hpp"
+#ifndef _WIN_32
+	const int INVALID_SOCKET = -1;
+#endif
+
+/* Internal functions, to be used if platform is windows */
+int sock_init(void) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	WSADATA wsa_data;
+	return WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(1,1), &wsa_data);
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+int sock_quit(void) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	return WSACleanup();
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
 
 
-int create_socket(int network, char transport) {  
+int create_socket(int network, char transport) {
+	sock_init();
 	int domain;
 	int type;
 
@@ -127,6 +149,21 @@ int create_remote (int network,char transport,char* address,int port,struct sock
         return socket;
 }
 
+/* sock_close - Closes the given socket */
+int sock_close(SOCKET sock) {
+	int status = 0;
+
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+		status = shutdown(sock, SD_BOTH);
+		if (status == 0) { status = closesocket(sock); }
+	#else
+		status = shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
+		if (status == 0) { status = close(sock); }
+	#endif
+
+	return status;
+}
+
 
 int check_ip_ver(const char* address) {
 	char buffer[16]; /* 16 chars - 128 bits - is enough to hold an ipv6 address */
diff --git a/includes/easysock.hpp b/includes/easysock.hpp
index fed9e0e..16a6264 100644
--- a/includes/easysock.hpp
+++ b/includes/easysock.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,34 @@
 #ifndef EASYSOCK_HPP_
 #define EASYSOCK_HPP_
 
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
+#ifdef _WIN_32
+	#include <winsock2.h>
+	#include <Ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+	#include <sys/types.h>
+	#include <sys/socket.h>
+	#include <netdb.h>
+	#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cerrno>
 
+#ifndef _WIN_32
+	typedef int SOCKET;
+#endif
 
 /* This function takes:
 a layer 3 - network layer - integer, which must be '4' for IPv4
 and 6 for IPv6; and
 a layer 4 - transport layer - character, which must be 'T' for
-TCP or 'U' for UDP. 
+TCP or 'U' for UDP.
 
 It returns the created socket, or -1 if the socket creation failed.*/
 
-int create_socket(int network, char transport);
+SOCKET create_socket(int network, char transport);
 
 
 /* This function fills in the sockaddr struct 'dest' based on the given information.
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@ and dest is a pointer to the sockaddr struct that will be filled in.
 The function returns with -202 if the network parameter contained neither '4'
 nor '6'. */
 
-int create_addr(int network, char* address, int port,struct sockaddr* dest);
+SOCKET create_addr(int network, char* address, int port,struct sockaddr* dest);
 
 
 
@@ -41,7 +50,7 @@ same as above.
 
 It prints the error returned by 'bind' if something went wrong, and returns ( -1 * errno ).*/
 
-int create_local (int network, char transport, char* address, int port,struct sockaddr* addr_struct);
+SOCKET create_local (int network, char transport, char* address, int port,struct sockaddr* addr_struct);
 
 
 /* This function utilizes the same functions as 'create_local' but _connects_ to the
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ as above. This function needs an empty 'sockaddr *' structure passed to it, whic
 
 If something goes wrong, this function returns with ( -1 * errno ). */
 
-int create_remote (int network,char transport,char* address,int port,struct sockaddr* remote_addr_struct);
+SOCKET create_remote (int network,char transport,char* address,int port,struct sockaddr* remote_addr_struct);
 
 /* check_ip_ver - This function checks if the given string is an IPv4 address (returns 4), 
 IPv6 address (returns 6) or neither (returns -1). */
@@ -72,5 +81,10 @@ int char_to_socktype(char transport);
 and returns the appropriate int value. */
 int inet_to_int(int af_type);
 
+/* sockQuit - Only for windows - Cleans up the socket */
+int sock_quit(void);
+
+/* sock_close - Closes the given socket */
+int sock_close(SOCKET);
 
 #endif