diff --git a/main/SAPI.c b/main/SAPI.c
index 2a064bce484..c7a46e9cda0 100644
--- a/main/SAPI.c
+++ b/main/SAPI.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,12 @@ SAPI_API char *sapi_getenv(char *name, size_t name_len)
 		char *value, *tmp = sapi_module.getenv(name, name_len);
 		if (tmp) {
 			value = estrdup(tmp);
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+			if (strlen(sapi_module.name) == sizeof("cgi-fcgi") - 1 && !strcmp(sapi_module.name, "cgi-fcgi")) {
+				/* XXX more modules to go, if needed. */
+				free(tmp);
+			}
+#endif
 		} else {
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
index ef75d980dd7..3e9509ea59e 100644
--- a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
+++ b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
@@ -530,9 +530,47 @@ static size_t sapi_fcgi_read_post(char *buffer, size_t count_bytes)
 	return read_bytes;
 }
 
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+/* The result needs to be freed! See sapi_getenv(). */
+static char *cgi_getenv_win32(const char *name, size_t name_len)
+{
+	char *ret = NULL;
+	wchar_t *keyw, *valw;
+	size_t size;
+	int rc;
+
+	keyw = php_win32_cp_conv_any_to_w(name, name_len, PHP_WIN32_CP_IGNORE_LEN_P);
+	if (!keyw) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	rc = _wgetenv_s(&size, NULL, 0, keyw);
+	if (rc || 0 == size) {
+		free(keyw);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	valw = emalloc((size + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+	rc = _wgetenv_s(&size, valw, size, keyw);
+	if (!rc) {
+		ret = php_win32_cp_w_to_any(valw);
+	}
+
+	free(keyw);
+	efree(valw);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 static char *sapi_cgi_getenv(char *name, size_t name_len)
 {
+#ifndef PHP_WIN32
 	return getenv(name);
+#else
+	return cgi_getenv_win32(name, name_len);
+#endif
 }
 
 static char *sapi_fcgi_getenv(char *name, size_t name_len)
@@ -547,7 +585,11 @@ static char *sapi_fcgi_getenv(char *name, size_t name_len)
 	if (ret) return ret;
 	/*  if cgi, or fastcgi and not found in fcgi env
 		check the regular environment */
+#ifndef PHP_WIN32
 	return getenv(name);
+#else
+	return cgi_getenv_win32(name, name_len);
+#endif
 }
 
 static char *_sapi_cgi_putenv(char *name, size_t name_len, char *value)
diff --git a/sapi/cgi/tests/bug75574_utf8_win.phpt b/sapi/cgi/tests/bug75574_utf8_win.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f674168e039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sapi/cgi/tests/bug75574_utf8_win.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #75574 putenv does not work properly if parameter contains non-ASCII unicode character, UTF-8
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+
+if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN') {
+  die("skip Valid only on Windows");
+}
+include "skipif.inc";
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+/*
+#vim: set fileencoding=utf-8
+#vim: set encoding=utf-8
+*/
+
+include "include.inc";
+
+$php = get_cgi_path();
+reset_env_vars();
+
+$fn = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . md5(uniqid());
+file_put_contents($fn, "<?php\nvar_dump(putenv('FOO=啊'));\n//var_dump(`echo %FOO%`);\nvar_dump(getenv('FOO'));");
+
+echo shell_exec("$php -n -f $fn");
+
+unlink($fn);
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECTF--	
+bool(true)
+string(3) "啊"
+===DONE===