diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 283b612599..1829e94cd8 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,11 @@ void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
 	free_path_split(path);
 }
 
+void mingw_execv(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
+{
+	mingw_execve(cmd, argv, environ);
+}
+
 static char **copy_environ(void)
 {
 	char **env;
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index be6e80fc05..5587d140a8 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env,
 		     int fhin, int fhout, int fherr);
 void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 #define execvp mingw_execvp
+void mingw_execv(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
+#define execv mingw_execv
 
 static inline unsigned int git_ntohl(unsigned int x)
 { return (unsigned int)ntohl(x); }