diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache.c b/builtin/credential-cache.c
index e8a74157471..78c02ad5319 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache.c
@@ -11,6 +11,32 @@
 #define FLAG_SPAWN 0x1
 #define FLAG_RELAY 0x2
 
+#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+
+static int connection_closed(int error)
+{
+	return (error == EINVAL);
+}
+
+static int connection_fatally_broken(int error)
+{
+	return (error != ENOENT) && (error != ENETDOWN);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static int connection_closed(int error)
+{
+	return (error == ECONNRESET);
+}
+
+static int connection_fatally_broken(int error)
+{
+	return (error != ENOENT) && (error != ECONNREFUSED);
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static int send_request(const char *socket, const struct strbuf *out)
 {
 	int got_data = 0;
@@ -28,7 +54,7 @@ static int send_request(const char *socket, const struct strbuf *out)
 		int r;
 
 		r = read_in_full(fd, in, sizeof(in));
-		if (r == 0 || (r < 0 && errno == ECONNRESET))
+		if (r == 0 || (r < 0 && connection_closed(errno)))
 			break;
 		if (r < 0)
 			die_errno("read error from cache daemon");
@@ -75,7 +101,7 @@ static void do_cache(const char *socket, const char *action, int timeout,
 	}
 
 	if (send_request(socket, &buf) < 0) {
-		if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ECONNREFUSED)
+		if (connection_fatally_broken(errno))
 			die_errno("unable to connect to cache daemon");
 		if (flags & FLAG_SPAWN) {
 			spawn_daemon(socket);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index ddc65ff61d9..7c99eef6612 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 # endif
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  /* stops windows.h including winsock.h */
 #include <winsock2.h>
+#ifndef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
+#include <afunix.h>
+#endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #define GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
 #endif
diff --git a/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh b/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
index ebd5fa5249c..698b7159f03 100755
--- a/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
+++ b/t/t0301-credential-cache.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ test -z "$NO_UNIX_SOCKETS" || {
 	test_done
 }
 
+uname_s=$(uname -s)
+case $uname_s in
+*MINGW*)
+	test_path_is_socket () {
+		# `test -S` cannot detect Win10's Unix sockets
+		test_path_exists "$1"
+	}
+	;;
+*)
+	test_path_is_socket () {
+		test -S "$1"
+	}
+	;;
+esac
+
 # don't leave a stale daemon running
 test_atexit 'git credential-cache exit'
 
@@ -21,7 +36,7 @@ test_expect_success 'socket defaults to ~/.cache/git/credential/socket' '
 		rmdir -p .cache/git/credential/
 	" &&
 	test_path_is_missing "$HOME/.git-credential-cache" &&
-	test -S "$HOME/.cache/git/credential/socket"
+	test_path_is_socket "$HOME/.cache/git/credential/socket"
 '
 
 XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/xdg"
@@ -31,7 +46,7 @@ helper_test cache
 
 test_expect_success "use custom XDG_CACHE_HOME if set and default sockets are not created" '
 	test_when_finished "git credential-cache exit" &&
-	test -S "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket" &&
+	test_path_is_socket "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket" &&
 	test_path_is_missing "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/socket" &&
 	test_path_is_missing "$HOME/.cache/git/credential/socket"
 '
@@ -48,7 +63,7 @@ test_expect_success 'credential-cache --socket option overrides default location
 	username=store-user
 	password=store-pass
 	EOF
-	test -S "$HOME/dir/socket"
+	test_path_is_socket "$HOME/dir/socket"
 '
 
 test_expect_success "use custom XDG_CACHE_HOME even if xdg socket exists" '
@@ -62,7 +77,7 @@ test_expect_success "use custom XDG_CACHE_HOME even if xdg socket exists" '
 	username=store-user
 	password=store-pass
 	EOF
-	test -S "$HOME/.cache/git/credential/socket" &&
+	test_path_is_socket "$HOME/.cache/git/credential/socket" &&
 	XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/xdg" &&
 	export XDG_CACHE_HOME &&
 	check approve cache <<-\EOF &&
@@ -71,7 +86,7 @@ test_expect_success "use custom XDG_CACHE_HOME even if xdg socket exists" '
 	username=store-user
 	password=store-pass
 	EOF
-	test -S "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket"
+	test_path_is_socket "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/credential/socket"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'use user socket if user directory exists' '
@@ -79,14 +94,15 @@ test_expect_success 'use user socket if user directory exists' '
 		git credential-cache exit &&
 		rmdir \"\$HOME/.git-credential-cache/\"
 	" &&
-	mkdir -p -m 700 "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/" &&
+	mkdir -p "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/" &&
+	chmod 700 "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/" &&
 	check approve cache <<-\EOF &&
 	protocol=https
 	host=example.com
 	username=store-user
 	password=store-pass
 	EOF
-	test -S "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/socket"
+	test_path_is_socket "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/socket"
 '
 
 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use user socket if user directory is a symlink to a directory' '
@@ -103,7 +119,7 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use user socket if user directory is a symlink to
 	username=store-user
 	password=store-pass
 	EOF
-	test -S "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/socket"
+	test_path_is_socket "$HOME/.git-credential-cache/socket"
 '
 
 helper_test_timeout cache --timeout=1