diff --git a/doc/build-windows.md b/doc/build-windows.md
--- a/doc/build-windows.md
+++ b/doc/build-windows.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
     cd ..
     ./autogen.sh # not required when building from tarball
-    CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
+    CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --with-seeder=false # seeder not supported in Windows yet
     make
 
 ## Building for 32-bit Windows
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     make HOST=i686-w64-mingw32
     cd ..
     ./autogen.sh # not required when building from tarball
-    CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/i686-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
+    CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/i686-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --with-seeder=false # seeder not supported in Windows yet
     make
 
 ## Depends system
diff --git a/src/compat/setenv.h b/src/compat/setenv.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compat/setenv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef HAVE_DECL_SETENV
+#define HAVE_DECL_SETENV
+
+#if defined(WIN32)
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+int setenv(const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite) {
+    return _putenv_s(name, value);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif // HAVE_DECL_SETENV
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
--- a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "config/bitcoin-config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "compat/setenv.h"
+
 #include "bitcoinaddressvalidatortests.h"
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "compattests.h"