diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 5e0c92e062..f3d7878264 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ static ssize_t net_socket_receive_dgram(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
     ssize_t ret;
 
     do {
-        ret = sendto(s->fd, buf, size, 0,
-                     (struct sockaddr *)&s->dgram_dst,
-                     sizeof(s->dgram_dst));
+        ret = qemu_sendto(s->fd, buf, size, 0,
+                          (struct sockaddr *)&s->dgram_dst,
+                          sizeof(s->dgram_dst));
     } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
     if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index e5c2bcd204..15d9e4ed71 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -223,9 +223,14 @@ int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2]);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+/* MinGW needs a type cast for the 'buf' argument. */
 #define qemu_recv(sockfd, buf, len, flags) recv(sockfd, (void *)buf, len, flags)
+#define qemu_sendto(sockfd, buf, len, flags, destaddr, addrlen) \
+    sendto(sockfd, (const void *)buf, len, flags, destaddr, addrlen)
 #else
 #define qemu_recv(sockfd, buf, len, flags) recv(sockfd, buf, len, flags)
+#define qemu_sendto(sockfd, buf, len, flags, destaddr, addrlen) \
+    sendto(sockfd, buf, len, flags, destaddr, addrlen)
 #endif
 
 /* Error handling.  */