diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 1112995d12..5a36c031f7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2455,6 +2455,10 @@ int wmain(int argc, const wchar_t **wargv)
 	const char **argv;
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+	_CrtSetReportMode(_CRT_ASSERT, _CRTDBG_MODE_DEBUG);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef USE_MSVC_CRTDBG
 	_CrtSetDbgFlag(_CRTDBG_ALLOC_MEM_DF | _CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF);
 #endif