diff --git a/extcap/androiddump.c b/extcap/androiddump.c
index 521c36dfbf..6b2c19d496 100644
--- a/extcap/androiddump.c
+++ b/extcap/androiddump.c
@@ -279,9 +279,13 @@ static void useNonBlockingConnectTimeout(socket_handle_t  sock) {
     int res_rcv;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     const DWORD socket_timeout = SOCKET_RW_TIMEOUT_MS;
+    unsigned long non_blocking = 1;
 
     res_snd = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (const char *) &socket_timeout, sizeof(socket_timeout));
     res_rcv = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (const char *) &socket_timeout, sizeof(socket_timeout));
+
+    /* set socket to non-blocking */
+    ioctlsocket(sock, FIONBIO, &non_blocking);
 #else
     const struct timeval socket_timeout = {
         .tv_sec = SOCKET_RW_TIMEOUT_MS / 1000,