diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
index 11f9b9f44..62489ecc5 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
@@ -1761,7 +1761,13 @@ float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 	sprintf(szCmd,"ping -c %d %s",pingCount,host.c_str());
 #endif
 	if(szCmd[0] != '\0') {
+#ifdef _popen
+		FILE *ping= _popen(szCmd, "r");
+#elif defined popen
 		FILE *ping= popen(szCmd, "r");
+#else
+		FILE *ping=NULL;
+#endif
 		if (ping != NULL){
 			char buf[4000]="";
 			int bufferPos = 0;
@@ -1769,7 +1775,11 @@ float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 				char *data = fgets(&buf[bufferPos], 256, ping);
 				bufferPos = strlen(buf);
 			}
+#ifdef _pclose
+			_pclose(ping);
+#elif defined popen
 			pclose(ping);
+#endif
 
 			if(debugPingOutput) printf("Running cmd [%s] got [%s]\n",szCmd,buf);