diff --git a/examples/BUILD.gn b/examples/BUILD.gn
index 2f731ced22..d21d70535e 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.gn
+++ b/examples/BUILD.gn
@@ -891,5 +891,10 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
       "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/flags:flag",
       "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/flags:parse",
     ]
+    if (is_win) {
+      deps += [
+        "../rtc_base:win32_socket_init",
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/stunprober/main.cc b/examples/stunprober/main.cc
index 7c180d661e..023c52fa0e 100644
--- a/examples/stunprober/main.cc
+++ b/examples/stunprober/main.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #include "rtc_base/time_utils.h"
 #include "test/scoped_key_value_config.h"
 
+#ifdef WEBRTC_WIN
+#include "rtc_base/win32_socket_init.h"
+#endif  // WEBRTC_WIN
+
 using stunprober::AsyncCallback;
 using stunprober::StunProber;
 
@@ -108,6 +112,9 @@ void StopTrial(rtc::Thread* thread, StunProber* prober, int result) {
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+#ifdef WEBRTC_WIN
+  rtc::WinsockInitializer winsock_init;
+#endif  // WEBRTC_WIN
   absl::ParseCommandLine(argc, argv);
 
   std::vector<rtc::SocketAddress> server_addresses;