diff --git a/KF5AkonadiMacros.cmake b/KF5AkonadiMacros.cmake
--- a/KF5AkonadiMacros.cmake
+++ b/KF5AkonadiMacros.cmake
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 
   # based on kde4_add_unit_test
   if (WIN32)
-    get_target_property( _loc ${_name} LOCATION )
-    set(_executable ${_loc}.bat)
+    set(_executable $<TARGET_FILE:${_name}>)
   else()
     set(_executable ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/${_name})
   endif()
diff --git a/src/server/akonadi.cpp b/src/server/akonadi.cpp
--- a/src/server/akonadi.cpp
+++ b/src/server/akonadi.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QDBusServiceWatcher>
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <sddl.h>
+#endif
+
 using namespace Akonadi;
 using namespace Akonadi::Server;
 
diff --git a/src/server/connection.cpp b/src/server/connection.cpp
--- a/src/server/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/server/connection.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 #include "collectionreferencemanager.h"
 
 #include <cassert>
+
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <cxxabi.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <private/protocol_p.h>
 #include <private/datastream_p_p.h>
diff --git a/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp b/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
--- a/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
+++ b/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@
     arguments << QString::fromLatin1("--shared-memory");
 #endif
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
     // If mysql.socket file does not exists, then we must start the server,
     // otherwise we reconnect to it
     if (!QFile::exists(socketFile)) {
@@ -387,16 +388,15 @@
         connect(mDatabaseProcess, static_cast<void(QProcess::*)(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)>(&QProcess::finished),
                 this, &DbConfigMysql::processFinished);
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
         // wait until mysqld has created the socket file (workaround for QTBUG-47475 in Qt5.5.0)
         int counter = 50;  // avoid an endless loop in case mysqld terminated
         while ((counter-- > 0) && !QFileInfo::exists(socketFile)) {
             QThread::msleep(100);
         }
-#endif
     } else {
         qCDebug(AKONADISERVER_LOG) << "Found mysql.socket file, reconnecting to the database";
     }
+#endif
 
     const QLatin1String initCon("initConnection");
     {