diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
index 66d6bad1a..db16a34cc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ rte_lcore_callback_register(const char *name, rte_lcore_init_cb init,
 	callback = calloc(1, sizeof(*callback));
 	if (callback == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	if (asprintf(&callback->name, "%s-%p", name, arg) == -1) {
+	if (eal_asprintf(&callback->name, "%s-%p", name, arg) == -1) {
 		free(callback);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index bad389903..275f879d7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ available_cores(void)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* first sequence */
-	if (asprintf(&str, "%d", idx) < 0)
+	if (eal_asprintf(&str, "%d", idx) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 	previous = idx;
 	sequence = 0;
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ available_cores(void)
 
 		/* finish current sequence */
 		if (sequence) {
-			if (asprintf(&tmp, "%s-%d", str, previous) < 0) {
+			if (eal_asprintf(&tmp, "%s-%d", str, previous) < 0) {
 				free(str);
 				return NULL;
 			}
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ available_cores(void)
 		}
 
 		/* new sequence */
-		if (asprintf(&tmp, "%s,%d", str, idx) < 0) {
+		if (eal_asprintf(&tmp, "%s,%d", str, idx) < 0) {
 			free(str);
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ available_cores(void)
 
 	/* finish last sequence */
 	if (sequence) {
-		if (asprintf(&tmp, "%s-%d", str, previous) < 0) {
+		if (eal_asprintf(&tmp, "%s-%d", str, previous) < 0) {
 			free(str);
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace.c
index 24e27387b..d57bb8ecc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ __rte_trace_point_emit_field(size_t sz, const char *in, const char *datatype)
 	fixup = trace_metadata_fixup_field(in);
 	if (fixup != NULL)
 		in = fixup;
-	rc = asprintf(&field, "%s        %s %s;\n",
+	rc = eal_asprintf(&field, "%s        %s %s;\n",
 		RTE_PER_LCORE(ctf_field) != NULL ?
 			RTE_PER_LCORE(ctf_field) : "",
 		datatype, in);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_ctf.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_ctf.c
index 4041d9af6..31df7262e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_ctf.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_ctf.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ char *trace_metadata_fixup_field(const char *field)
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(ctf_reserved_words); i++) {
 		if (strcmp(field, ctf_reserved_words[i]) != 0)
 			continue;
-		if (asprintf(&out, "_%s", ctf_reserved_words[i]) == -1)
+		if (eal_asprintf(&out, "_%s", ctf_reserved_words[i]) == -1)
 			out = NULL;
 		return out;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_utils.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_utils.c
index 6b81fdeec..1773140ac 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_utils.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_trace_utils.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ eal_trace_dir_args_save(char const *val)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	}
 
-	if (asprintf(&dir_path, "%s/", val) == -1) {
+	if (eal_asprintf(&dir_path, "%s/", val) == -1) {
 		trace_err("failed to copy directory: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
index 4684c4c7d..a5d9c5123 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
@@ -738,4 +738,22 @@ void __rte_thread_init(unsigned int lcore_id, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset);
  */
 void __rte_thread_uninit(void);
 
+/**
+ * Allocate a buffer large enough to hold the formatted string
+ * and perform formatting, equivalent to Unix asprintf(3).
+ *
+ * @param buffer
+ *  Receives a pointer to allocated memory, call free(buffer) to deallocate.
+ * @param format
+ *  Format string.
+ * @return
+ *  Number of bytes allocated on success, (-1) on failure.
+ */
+#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
+__rte_format_printf(2, 3)
+int eal_asprintf(char **buffer, const char *format, ...);
+#else
+#define eal_asprintf asprintf
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _EAL_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
index 1e5f6576f..47495b36a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
  */
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #include <share.h>
@@ -410,6 +412,34 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	return fctret;
 }
 
+/* Don't use MinGW asprintf() to have identical code with all toolchains. */
+int
+eal_asprintf(char **buffer, const char *format, ...)
+{
+	int size, ret;
+	va_list arg;
+
+	va_start(arg, format);
+	size = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+	if (size < 0)
+		return -1;
+	size++;
+
+	*buffer = malloc(size);
+	if (*buffer == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	va_start(arg, format);
+	ret = vsnprintf(*buffer, size, format, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+	if (ret != size - 1) {
+		free(*buffer);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int
 rte_vfio_container_dma_map(__rte_unused int container_fd,
 			__rte_unused uint64_t vaddr,
