diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 9b6d2400e1107f..b8a62bf9147092 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static pid_t mingw_spawnve_fd(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **deltaen
 	do_unset_environment_variables();
 
 	/* Determine whether or not we are associated to a console */
-	cons = CreateFile("CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE,
+	cons = CreateFileW(L"CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE,
 			FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
 			FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
 	if (cons == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
@@ -1946,13 +1946,19 @@ struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 	static unsigned initialized;
 	static char user_name[100];
 	static struct passwd *p;
+	wchar_t buf[100];
 	DWORD len;
 
 	if (initialized)
 		return p;
 
-	len = sizeof(user_name);
-	if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len)) {
+	len = sizeof(buf);
+	if (!GetUserNameW(buf, &len)) {
+		initialized = 1;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (xwcstoutf(user_name, buf, sizeof(user_name)) < 0) {
 		initialized = 1;
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/compat/poll/poll.c b/compat/poll/poll.c
index 4459408c7d0ba7..8f24b802521e98 100644
--- a/compat/poll/poll.c
+++ b/compat/poll/poll.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ win32_compute_revents (HANDLE h, int *p_sought)
       if (!once_only)
 	{
 	  NtQueryInformationFile = (PNtQueryInformationFile)
-	    GetProcAddress (GetModuleHandle ("ntdll.dll"),
+	    GetProcAddress (GetModuleHandleW (L"ntdll.dll"),
 			    "NtQueryInformationFile");
 	  once_only = TRUE;
 	}
diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index f4f08237f9ed51..cd947e048e2c14 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int winansi_isatty(int fd)
 void winansi_init(void)
 {
 	int con1, con2;
-	char name[32];
+	wchar_t name[32];
 
 	/* check if either stdout or stderr is a console output screen buffer */
 	con1 = is_console(1);
@@ -619,13 +619,15 @@ void winansi_init(void)
 	}
 
 	/* create a named pipe to communicate with the console thread */
-	xsnprintf(name, sizeof(name), "\\\\.\\pipe\\winansi%lu", GetCurrentProcessId());
-	hwrite = CreateNamedPipe(name, PIPE_ACCESS_OUTBOUND,
+	if (swprintf(name, ARRAY_SIZE(name) - 1, L"\\\\.\\pipe\\winansi%lu",
+		     GetCurrentProcessId()) < 0)
+		die("Could not initialize winansi pipe name");
+	hwrite = CreateNamedPipeW(name, PIPE_ACCESS_OUTBOUND,
 		PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_WAIT, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, 0, 0, NULL);
 	if (hwrite == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		die_lasterr("CreateNamedPipe failed");
 
-	hread = CreateFile(name, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
+	hread = CreateFileW(name, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
 	if (hread == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		die_lasterr("CreateFile for named pipe failed");