diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 989644217b..feee66dd5e 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CLFAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS
+	USE_LIBPCRE= YesPlease
 else
 	ifeq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '2\.'),2)
 		# MSys2