diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 0047f9a0b..7f8c0870a 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ tcpkeepalive(struct Curl_easy *data,
       infof(data, "Failed to set SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS on fd %d: %d\n",
             (int)sockfd, WSAGetLastError());
     }
+#elif defined(CURL_WINDOWS_APP)
+    (void)majorVersion;
+    detectOsState = DETECT_OS_VISTA_OR_LATER;
 #else
 #ifdef TCP_KEEPIDLE
     optval = curlx_sltosi(data->set.tcp_keepidle);
diff --git a/lib/curl_setup.h b/lib/curl_setup.h
index e585ea6a5..9f29b2e9a 100644
--- a/lib/curl_setup.h
+++ b/lib/curl_setup.h
@@ -747,4 +747,14 @@ endings either CRLF or LF so 't' is appropriate.
 #  endif
 #endif /* DONT_USE_RECV_BEFORE_SEND_WORKAROUNDS */
 
+/* Detect Windows App environment which has a restricted access
+ * to the Win32 APIs. */
+# if defined(_WIN32_WINNT) && (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0602)
+#  include <winapifamily.h>
+#  if WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_APP) && \
+     !WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP)
+#    define CURL_WINDOWS_APP
+#  endif
+# endif
+
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_SETUP_H */
diff --git a/lib/getenv.c b/lib/getenv.c
index 50bb79f53..89d181de3 100644
--- a/lib/getenv.c
+++ b/lib/getenv.c
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 static
 char *GetEnv(const char *variable)
 {
-#ifdef _WIN32_WCE
+#if defined(_WIN32_WCE) || defined(CURL_WINDOWS_APP)
+  (void)variable;
   return NULL;
 #else
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/lib/md5.c b/lib/md5.c
index 84adb9926..f818d3288 100644
--- a/lib/md5.c
+++ b/lib/md5.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void MD5_Final(unsigned char digest[16], MD5_CTX *ctx)
   CC_MD5_Final(digest, ctx);
 }
 
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
+#elif defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CURL_WINDOWS_APP)
 
 #include <wincrypt.h>
 #include "curl_memory.h"