diff --git a/lib/curl_multibyte.c b/lib/curl_multibyte.c
index 5345d7b36..2c8925b53 100644
--- a/lib/curl_multibyte.c
+++ b/lib/curl_multibyte.c
@@ -129,4 +129,25 @@ int curlx_win32_stat(const char *path, struct_stat *buffer)
   return result;
 }
 
+int curlx_win32_access(const char *path, int mode)
+{
+    int result = -1;
+#ifdef _UNICODE
+    wchar_t *path_w = curlx_convert_UTF8_to_wchar(path);
+#endif /* _UNICODE */
+
+#if defined(_UNICODE)
+    if(path_w)
+        result = _waccess(path_w, mode);
+    else
+#endif /* _UNICODE */
+        result = _access(path, mode);
+
+#ifdef _UNICODE
+    free(path_w);
+#endif
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 #endif /* USE_WIN32_LARGE_FILES || USE_WIN32_SMALL_FILES */
diff --git a/lib/curl_setup.h b/lib/curl_setup.h
index 82b962b89..d76c630d0 100644
--- a/lib/curl_setup.h
+++ b/lib/curl_setup.h
@@ -335,8 +335,10 @@
 #  define struct_stat                struct _stati64
 #  define LSEEK_ERROR                (__int64)-1
 #  define fopen(fname,mode)          curlx_win32_fopen(fname, mode)
+#  define access(fname,mode)         curlx_win32_access(fname, mode)
    int curlx_win32_stat(const char *path, struct_stat *buffer);
    FILE *curlx_win32_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
+   int curlx_win32_access(const char *path, int mode);
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -354,8 +356,10 @@
 #    define stat(fname,stp)            curlx_win32_stat(fname, stp)
 #    define struct_stat                struct _stat
 #    define fopen(fname,mode)          curlx_win32_fopen(fname, mode)
+#    define access(fname,mode)         curlx_win32_access(fname, mode)
      int curlx_win32_stat(const char *path, struct_stat *buffer);
      FILE *curlx_win32_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
+     int curlx_win32_access(const char *path, int mode);
 #  endif
 #  define LSEEK_ERROR                (long)-1
 #endif