diff --git a/CMake/FindLibssh.cmake b/CMake/FindLibssh.cmake
index a9cb0f5ac7..e9c55f1597 100644
--- a/CMake/FindLibssh.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindLibssh.cmake
@@ -87,3 +87,7 @@ else()
 
   mark_as_advanced(LIBSSH_INCLUDE_DIR LIBSSH_LIBRARY)
 endif()
+
+if(LIBSSH_FOUND AND WIN32)
+  list(APPEND LIBSSH_LIBRARIES "iphlpapi")  # for if_nametoindex
+endif()
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index da636b446b..a6fe3e955e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2348,6 +2348,10 @@ elif test X"$OPT_LIBSSH" != Xno; then
   fi
 
   if test "$LIBSSH_ENABLED" = "1"; then
+    if test "$curl_cv_native_windows" = "yes"; then
+      dnl for if_nametoindex
+      LIBS="-liphlpapi $LIBS"
+    fi
     if test -n "$DIR_SSH"; then
        dnl when the libssh shared libs were found in a path that the run-time
        dnl linker doesn't search through, we need to add it to CURL_LIBRARY_PATH