diff --git a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp b/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp
index 08aec0c65..af50eda5d 100644
--- a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp
+++ b/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "Globals.h"  // NOTE: MSVC stupidness requires this to be the same across all modules
 
 #include "BlockingTCPLink.h"
-
+#include "Errors.h"
 
 
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool cBlockingTCPLink::Connect(const char * iAddress, unsigned int iPort)
 	server.sin_port = htons( (unsigned short)iPort);
 	if (connect(m_Socket, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)))
 	{
-		LOGWARN("cTCPLink: Connection to \"%s:%d\" failed (%s)", iAddress, iPort, cSocket::GetErrorString( cSocket::GetLastError() ).c_str() );
+		LOGWARN("cTCPLink: Connection to \"%s:%d\" failed (%s)", iAddress, iPort,GetOSErrorString( cSocket::GetLastError() ).c_str() );
 		CloseSocket();
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/Errors.cpp b/src/OSSupport/Errors.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2e8880bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OSSupport/Errors.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+#include "Globals.h"
+
+#include "Errors.h"
+
+AString GetOSErrorString( int a_ErrNo )
+{
+	char buffer[ 1024 ];
+	AString Out;
+
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+
+	FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, NULL, a_ErrNo, 0, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer), NULL);
+	Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, buffer);
+	if (!Out.empty() && (Out[Out.length() - 1] == '\n'))
+	{
+		Out.erase(Out.length() - 2);
+	}
+	return Out;
+	
+	#else  // _WIN32
+	
+	// According to http://linux.die.net/man/3/strerror_r there are two versions of strerror_r():
+	
+	#if ( _GNU_SOURCE ) && !defined(ANDROID_NDK)  // GNU version of strerror_r()
+	
+	char * res = strerror_r( errno, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer) );
+	if( res != NULL )
+	{
+		Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, res);
+		return Out;
+	}
+	
+	#else  // XSI version of strerror_r():
+	
+	int res = strerror_r( errno, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer) );
+	if( res == 0 )
+	{
+		Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, buffer);
+		return Out;
+	}
+	
+	#endif  // strerror_r() version
+	
+	else
+	{
+		Printf(Out, "Error %d while getting error string for error #%d!", errno, a_ErrNo);
+		return Out;
+	}
+	
+	#endif  // else _WIN32
+}
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/Errors.h b/src/OSSupport/Errors.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72ba98862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OSSupport/Errors.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+AString GetOSErrorString(int a_ErrNo);
+
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/Socket.cpp b/src/OSSupport/Socket.cpp
index d80c9bb3d..4226a7535 100644
--- a/src/OSSupport/Socket.cpp
+++ b/src/OSSupport/Socket.cpp
@@ -105,58 +105,6 @@ void cSocket::ShutdownReadWrite(void)
 
 
 
-
-AString cSocket::GetErrorString( int a_ErrNo )
-{
-	char buffer[ 1024 ];
-	AString Out;
-
-	#ifdef _WIN32
-
-	FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, NULL, a_ErrNo, 0, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer), NULL);
-	Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, buffer);
-	if (!Out.empty() && (Out[Out.length() - 1] == '\n'))
-	{
-		Out.erase(Out.length() - 2);
-	}
-	return Out;
-	
-	#else  // _WIN32
-	
-	// According to http://linux.die.net/man/3/strerror_r there are two versions of strerror_r():
-	
-	#if ( _GNU_SOURCE ) && !defined(ANDROID_NDK)  // GNU version of strerror_r()
-	
-	char * res = strerror_r( errno, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer) );
-	if( res != NULL )
-	{
-		Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, res);
-		return Out;
-	}
-	
-	#else  // XSI version of strerror_r():
-	
-	int res = strerror_r( errno, buffer, ARRAYCOUNT(buffer) );
-	if( res == 0 )
-	{
-		Printf(Out, "%d: %s", a_ErrNo, buffer);
-		return Out;
-	}
-	
-	#endif  // strerror_r() version
-	
-	else
-	{
-		Printf(Out, "Error %d while getting error string for error #%d!", errno, a_ErrNo);
-		return Out;
-	}
-	
-	#endif  // else _WIN32
-}
-
-
-
-
 int cSocket::GetLastError()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/Socket.h b/src/OSSupport/Socket.h
index 91c9ca5fd..4ca3d61f4 100644
--- a/src/OSSupport/Socket.h
+++ b/src/OSSupport/Socket.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-
+#include "Errors.h"
 
 
 class cSocket
@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ public:
 	/// Initializes the network stack. Returns 0 on success, or another number as an error code.
 	static int WSAStartup(void);
 
-	static AString GetErrorString(int a_ErrNo);
 	static int     GetLastError();
 	static AString GetLastErrorString(void)
 	{
-		return GetErrorString(GetLastError());
+		return GetOSErrorString(GetLastError());
 	}
 	
 	/// Creates a new socket of the specified address family
@@ -115,4 +114,4 @@ public:
 private:
 	xSocket m_Socket;
 	AString m_IPString;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/SocketThreads.cpp b/src/OSSupport/SocketThreads.cpp
index b8069cf00..74932daf8 100644
--- a/src/OSSupport/SocketThreads.cpp
+++ b/src/OSSupport/SocketThreads.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "Globals.h"
 #include "SocketThreads.h"
+#include "Errors.h"
 
 
 
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ void cSocketThreads::cSocketThread::WriteToSockets(fd_set * a_Write)
 		if (Sent < 0)
 		{
 			int Err = cSocket::GetLastError();
-			LOGWARNING("Error %d while writing to client \"%s\", disconnecting. \"%s\"", Err, m_Slots[i].m_Socket.GetIPString().c_str(), cSocket::GetErrorString(Err).c_str());
+			LOGWARNING("Error %d while writing to client \"%s\", disconnecting. \"%s\"", Err, m_Slots[i].m_Socket.GetIPString().c_str(), GetOSErrorString(Err).c_str());
 			m_Slots[i].m_Socket.CloseSocket();
 			if (m_Slots[i].m_Client != NULL)
 			{