diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51b6aa58b..9c3508f45 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,13 +87,11 @@ pkg_search_module(TERMINFO REQUIRED tinfo>=6.1 ncursesw>=6.1)
 set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PACKAGES_FOUND terminfo)
 set_package_properties(terminfo PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
 set(PKGCONF_REQ_PRIV "${TERMINFO_LIBRARIES}")
-if(NOT WIN32)
 if(${USE_READLINE})
 pkg_search_module(READLINE REQUIRED readline>=8.0)
 set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PACKAGES_FOUND readline)
 set_package_properties(readline PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
 endif()
-endif()
 if(${USE_FFMPEG})
 pkg_check_modules(AVCODEC REQUIRED libavcodec>=57.0)
 pkg_check_modules(AVFORMAT REQUIRED libavformat>=57.0)
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ find_package(ZLIB)
 set_package_properties(ZLIB PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
 # platform-specific logics
 if(WIN32)
-  set(LIBRT_LIBRARIES wsock32 ws2_32)
+  set(LIBRT_LIBRARIES wsock32 ws2_32 Secur32)
 elseif(NOT APPLE)
   find_library(LIBM m REQUIRED)
   find_library(LIBRT rt REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/lib/util.c b/src/lib/util.c
index 11a139e1d..c5e5bd18a 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.c
+++ b/src/lib/util.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #else
 #include <winsock2.h>
+#define SECURITY_WIN32
+#include <secext.h>
 #endif
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ char* notcurses_accountname(void){
   if(un == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
-  if(GetUserName(un, &unlen)){ // FIXME probably want GetUserNameEx
+  if(!GetUserNameExA(NameSamCompatible, un, &unlen)){
+    logerror("couldn't get user name\n");
     free(un);
     return NULL;
   }