diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
index e3512111d9..64cf4e81c8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
@@ -716,4 +716,15 @@ void __rte_thread_init(unsigned int lcore_id, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset);
  */
 void __rte_thread_uninit(void);
 
+/**
+ * asprintf(3) replacement for Windows.
+ */
+#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
+__rte_format_printf(2, 3)
+int eal_asprintf(char **buffer, const char *format, ...);
+
+#define asprintf(buffer, format, ...) \
+		eal_asprintf(buffer, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _EAL_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
index 41be20d89f..28c787c0b0 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>
@@ -416,6 +418,34 @@ 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,
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
index f0512f20a6..1afe49f35e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * which is not supported natively or named differently in Windows.
  */
 
-#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -71,34 +70,6 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef long long ssize_t;
 
 #ifndef RTE_TOOLCHAIN_GCC
-
-static inline int
-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 = (char *)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;
-}
-
 static inline const char *
 eal_strerror(int code)
 {
@@ -111,7 +82,6 @@ eal_strerror(int code)
 #ifndef strerror
 #define strerror eal_strerror
 #endif
-
 #endif /* RTE_TOOLCHAIN_GCC */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus