diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
index c1a124c1d..7e610bdd0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ LoadDLLfunc (GetNetworkParams, iphlpapi)
 LoadDLLfunc (GetTcpTable, iphlpapi)
 LoadDLLfunc (GetTcp6Table, iphlpapi)
 LoadDLLfunc (GetUdpTable, iphlpapi)
-LoadDLLfunc (if_indextoname, iphlpapi)
-LoadDLLfunc (if_nametoindex, iphlpapi)
 
 LoadDLLfuncEx2 (DiscardVirtualMemory, kernel32, 1, 127)
 LoadDLLfuncEx (ClosePseudoConsole, kernel32, 1)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
index 8840d5ead..08c584fe5 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
@@ -2001,13 +2001,40 @@ get_ifconf (struct ifconf *ifc, int what)
 extern "C" unsigned
 cygwin_if_nametoindex (const char *name)
 {
-  return (unsigned) ::if_nametoindex (name);
+  PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pa0 = NULL, pap;
+  if (get_adapters_addresses (&pa0, AF_UNSPEC))
+    for (pap = pa0; pap; pap = pap->Next)
+      if (strcmp (name, pap->AdapterName) == 0)
+	{
+	  free (pa0);
+	  return pap->IfIndex;
+	}
+  if (pa0)
+    free (pa0);
+  return 0;
 }
 
 extern "C" char *
 cygwin_if_indextoname (unsigned ifindex, char *ifname)
 {
-  return ::if_indextoname (ifindex, ifname);
+  if (ifindex == 0 || ifname == NULL)
+    {
+      set_errno (ENXIO);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pa0 = NULL, pap;
+  if (get_adapters_addresses (&pa0, AF_UNSPEC))
+    for (pap = pa0; pap; pap = pap->Next)
+      if (ifindex == pap->IfIndex)
+	{
+	  strcpy (ifname, pap->AdapterName);
+	  free (pa0);
+	  return ifname;
+	}
+  if (pa0)
+    free (pa0);
+  set_errno (ENXIO);
+  return NULL;
 }
 
 extern "C" struct if_nameindex *
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.1 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.1
index 054988b90..7776d120f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.1
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.1
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Fix exit code for non-cygwin process running in console. The bug
   was introduced in 3.5.0.
+
+- Make the interface names handled by if_nametoindex() and if_indextoname()
+  consistent with that of if_nameindex().