diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt.c b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..760c00eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/* musl as a whole is licensed under the following standard MIT license:
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Rich Felker, et al.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+char *optarg;
+int optind = 1, opterr = 1, optopt, __optpos, __optreset = 0;
+
+#define optpos __optpos
+
+void
+__getopt_msg(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c, size_t l)
+{
+	FILE *f = stderr;
+	fputs(a, f) >= 0
+	&& fwrite(b, strlen(b), 1, f)
+	&& fwrite(c, 1, l, f) == l
+	&& putc('\n', f);
+}
+
+int
+getopt(int argc, char * const argv[], const char *optstring)
+{
+	int i;
+	wchar_t c, d;
+	int k, l;
+	char *optchar;
+
+	if (!optind || __optreset) {
+		__optreset = 0;
+		__optpos = 0;
+		optind = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (optind >= argc || !argv[optind])
+		return -1;
+
+	if (argv[optind][0] != '-') {
+		if (optstring[0] == '-') {
+			optarg = argv[optind++];
+			return 1;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!argv[optind][1])
+		return -1;
+
+	if (argv[optind][1] == '-' && !argv[optind][2])
+		return optind++, -1;
+
+	if (!optpos)
+		optpos++;
+	k = mbtowc(&c, argv[optind] + optpos, MB_LEN_MAX);
+	if (k < 0) {
+		k = 1;
+		c = 0xfffd; /* replacement char */
+	}
+	optchar = argv[optind]+optpos;
+	optpos += k;
+
+	if (!argv[optind][optpos]) {
+		optind++;
+		optpos = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (optstring[0] == '-' || optstring[0] == '+')
+		optstring++;
+
+	i = 0;
+	d = 0;
+	do {
+		l = mbtowc(&d, optstring+i, MB_LEN_MAX);
+		if (l > 0)
+			i += l;
+		else
+			i++;
+	} while (l && d != c);
+
+	if (d != c || c == ':') {
+		optopt = c;
+		if (optstring[0] != ':' && opterr)
+			__getopt_msg(argv[0], ": unrecognized option: ",
+				optchar, k);
+		return '?';
+	}
+	if (optstring[i] == ':') {
+		optarg = 0;
+		if (optstring[i+1] != ':' || optpos) {
+			optarg = argv[optind++] + optpos;
+			optpos = 0;
+		}
+		if (optind > argc) {
+			optopt = c;
+			if (optstring[0] == ':')
+				return ':';
+			if (opterr)
+				__getopt_msg(argv[0],
+				": option requires an argument: ",
+				optchar, k);
+			return '?';
+		}
+	}
+	return c;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt_long.c b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt_long.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..583190783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/getopt_long.c
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/* musl as a whole is licensed under the following standard MIT license:
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Rich Felker, et al.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern int __optpos, __optreset;
+
+static void
+permute(char **argv, int dest, int src)
+{
+	char **av = (char **)argv;
+	char *tmp = av[src];
+	int i;
+	for (i = src; i > dest; i--)
+		av[i] = av[i-1];
+	av[dest] = tmp;
+}
+
+static int __getopt_long_core(int argc, char **argv,
+	const char *optstring, const struct option *longopts,
+	int *idx, int longonly);
+
+static int
+__getopt_long(int argc, char **argv, const char *optstring,
+	const struct option *longopts, int *idx, int longonly)
+{
+	int ret, skipped, resumed;
+	if (!optind || __optreset) {
+		__optreset = 0;
+		__optpos = 0;
+		optind = 1;
+	}
+	if (optind >= argc || !argv[optind])
+		return -1;
+	skipped = optind;
+	if (optstring[0] != '+' && optstring[0] != '-') {
+		int i;
+		for (i = optind; ; i++) {
+			if (i >= argc || !argv[i])
+				return -1;
+			if (argv[i][0] == '-' && argv[i][1])
+				break;
+		}
+		optind = i;
+	}
+	resumed = optind;
+	ret = __getopt_long_core(argc, argv, optstring, longopts,
+		idx, longonly);
+	if (resumed > skipped) {
+		int i, cnt = optind-resumed;
+		for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+			permute(argv, skipped, optind-1);
+		optind = skipped + cnt;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+__getopt_long_core(int argc, char **argv, const char *optstring,
+	const struct option *longopts, int *idx, int longonly)
+{
+	optarg = 0;
+	if (longopts && argv[optind][0] == '-' &&
+		((longonly && argv[optind][1] && argv[optind][1] != '-') ||
+		 (argv[optind][1] == '-' && argv[optind][2]))) {
+
+		int colon = optstring[optstring[0] == '+' || optstring[0] ==
+			'-'] == ':';
+		int i, cnt, match;
+		char *arg, *opt, *start = argv[optind]+1;
+		for (cnt = i = 0; longopts[i].name; i++) {
+			const char *name = longopts[i].name;
+			opt = start;
+			if (*opt == '-')
+				opt++;
+			while (*opt && *opt != '=' && *opt == *name)
+				name++, opt++;
+			if (*opt && *opt != '=')
+				continue;
+			arg = opt;
+			match = i;
+			if (!*name) {
+				cnt = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+			cnt++;
+		}
+		if (cnt == 1 && longonly && arg-start ==
+			mblen(start, MB_LEN_MAX)) {
+			int l = arg - start;
+			for (i = 0; optstring[i]; i++) {
+				int j;
+				for (j = 0; j < l && start[j] ==
+					optstring[i + j]; j++)
+					;
+				if (j == l) {
+					cnt++;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (cnt == 1) {
+			i = match;
+			opt = arg;
+			optind++;
+			if (*opt == '=') {
+				if (!longopts[i].has_arg) {
+					optopt = longopts[i].val;
+					if (colon || !opterr)
+						return '?';
+					__getopt_msg(argv[0],
+						": option does not take an argument: ",
+						longopts[i].name,
+						strlen(longopts[i].name));
+					return '?';
+				}
+				optarg = opt+1;
+			} else if (longopts[i].has_arg == required_argument) {
+				optarg = argv[optind];
+				if (!optarg) {
+					optopt = longopts[i].val;
+					if (colon)
+						return ':';
+					if (!opterr)
+						return '?';
+					__getopt_msg(argv[0],
+						": option requires an argument: ",
+						longopts[i].name,
+						strlen(longopts[i].name));
+					return '?';
+				}
+				optind++;
+			}
+			if (idx)
+				*idx = i;
+			if (longopts[i].flag) {
+				*longopts[i].flag = longopts[i].val;
+				return 0;
+			}
+			return longopts[i].val;
+		}
+		if (argv[optind][1] == '-') {
+			optopt = 0;
+			if (!colon && opterr)
+				__getopt_msg(argv[0], cnt ?
+					": option is ambiguous: " :
+					": unrecognized option: ",
+					argv[optind]+2,
+					strlen(argv[optind]+2));
+			optind++;
+			return '?';
+		}
+	}
+	return getopt(argc, argv, optstring);
+}
+
+int
+getopt_long(int argc, char **argv, const char *optstring,
+	const struct option *longopts, int *idx)
+{
+	return __getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, longopts, idx, 0);
+}
+
+int
+getopt_long_only(int argc, char **argv, const char *optstring,
+	const struct option *longopts, int *idx)
+{
+	return __getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, longopts, idx, 1);
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/meson.build
index af4f70f00..aa29e2e97 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/meson.build
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ env_sources = files('eal.c',
 	'eal_debug.c',
 	'eal_lcore.c',
 	'eal_thread.c',
+	'getopt.c',
+	'getopt_long.c'
 )
