diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index d35051fedc..fe1c73995c 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ else
 		USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME = fallthrough
 		USE_LIBPCRE= YesPlease
 		NO_CURL =
-		USE_NED_ALLOCATOR =
+		USE_NED_ALLOCATOR = YesPlease
 		NO_PYTHON =
 	else
 		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO