--- libmicrohttpd-r28483/src/microhttpd/connection.c.orig	2013-08-10 15:35:17.767809700 +0000
+++ libmicrohttpd-r28483/src/microhttpd/connection.c	2013-08-10 15:32:55.391730300 +0000
@@ -2690,6 +2690,17 @@
       /* response was queued "early",
          refuse to read body / footers or further
          requests! */
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+      /* do empty the recv buffer before shutting down,
+       * otherwise buggy winsock won't allow us to send the response!
+       */
+       unsigned long to_read;
+       if (0 == ioctlsocket (connection->socket_fd, FIONREAD, &to_read))
+       {
+         char throwaway[to_read];
+         recv (connection->socket_fd, throwaway, to_read, 0);
+       }
+#endif
       if (0 == (connection->daemon->options & MHD_USE_EPOLL_TURBO))
 	(void) SHUTDOWN (connection->socket_fd, SHUT_RD);
       connection->read_closed = MHD_YES;