diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 18caf21969a5917e8e6c6d754beffbba2741e6c2..44264fe3fd8fd8da4af6f17d7376634a47a92d8f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "../strbuf.h"
 #include "../run-command.h"
 #include "../cache.h"
+#include "win32/lazyload.h"
 
 #define HCAST(type, handle) ((type)(intptr_t)handle)
 
@@ -1798,18 +1799,63 @@ int mingw_getpagesize(void)
 	return si.dwAllocationGranularity;
 }
 
+/* See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724435.aspx */
+enum EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT {
+	NameDisplay = 3,
+	NameUserPrincipal = 8
+};
+
+static char *get_extended_user_info(enum EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT type)
+{
+	DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(secur32.dll, BOOL, GetUserNameExW,
+		enum EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT, LPCWSTR, PULONG);
+	static wchar_t wbuffer[1024];
+	DWORD len;
+
+	if (!INIT_PROC_ADDR(GetUserNameExW))
+		return NULL;
+
+	len = ARRAY_SIZE(wbuffer);
+	if (GetUserNameExW(type, wbuffer, &len)) {
+		char *converted = xmalloc((len *= 3));
+		if (xwcstoutf(converted, wbuffer, len) >= 0)
+			return converted;
+		free(converted);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+char *mingw_query_user_email(void)
+{
+	return get_extended_user_info(NameUserPrincipal);
+}
+
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
+	static unsigned initialized;
 	static char user_name[100];
-	static struct passwd p;
+	static struct passwd *p;
+	DWORD len;
+
+	if (initialized)
+		return p;
 
-	DWORD len = sizeof(user_name);
-	if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len))
+	len = sizeof(user_name);
+	if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len)) {
+		initialized = 1;
 		return NULL;
-	p.pw_name = user_name;
-	p.pw_gecos = "unknown";
-	p.pw_dir = NULL;
-	return &p;
+	}
+
+	p = xmalloc(sizeof(*p));
+	p->pw_name = user_name;
+	p->pw_gecos = get_extended_user_info(NameDisplay);
+	if (!p->pw_gecos)
+		p->pw_gecos = "unknown";
+	p->pw_dir = NULL;
+
+	initialized = 1;
+	return p;
 }
 
 static HANDLE timer_event;
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 571019d0bddceaf3245e15dbcc4ebfb70a501d17..f31dcff2be1d60ce4f5ae46089d59255f1bc4dff 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
 int mingw_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
 #define offset_1st_component mingw_offset_1st_component
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
+extern char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
+#define query_user_email mingw_query_user_email
 #if !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER < 1800)
 #define PRIuMAX "I64u"
 #define PRId64 "I64d"
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 48c955541e2000239f861bdf7dd5043fa741674c..95cfcc1aeb3ec51e602f378bc9e94dd5cccb123c 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -382,6 +382,10 @@ static inline char *git_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 #define find_last_dir_sep git_find_last_dir_sep
 #endif
 
+#ifndef query_user_email
+#define query_user_email() NULL
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__HP_cc) && (__HP_cc >= 61000)
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
 #define NORETURN_PTR
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 327abe557f5a66546665664511d3e71b7f0929e7..33bcf40644cdf23434a7cb622b6be71bb7cd867c 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ const char *ident_default_email(void)
 			strbuf_addstr(&git_default_email, email);
 			committer_ident_explicitly_given |= IDENT_MAIL_GIVEN;
 			author_ident_explicitly_given |= IDENT_MAIL_GIVEN;
+		} else if ((email = query_user_email()) && email[0]) {
+			strbuf_addstr(&git_default_email, email);
+			free((char *)email);
 		} else
 			copy_email(xgetpwuid_self(&default_email_is_bogus),
 				   &git_default_email, &default_email_is_bogus);