diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 06c47af02b..98aad70555 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ else
 			BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
 		endif
 		CC = gcc
+		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0
 		INSTALL = /bin/install
 		NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER = YesPlease
 		INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease