diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7c3a9f87fa..e9fc08c89e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3776,7 +3776,7 @@ if ! disabled network; then
         check_func_headers winsock2.h closesocket -lws2 &&
             network_extralibs="-lws2" ||
         { check_func_headers winsock2.h closesocket -lws2_32 &&
-            network_extralibs="-lws2_32"; }
+            network_extralibs="-lws2_32"; } || disable winsock2_h network
         check_func_headers ws2tcpip.h getaddrinfo $network_extralibs
         check_type ws2tcpip.h socklen_t
         check_type ws2tcpip.h "struct addrinfo"