diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20065b7a11..9d4944a12d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_STRCASESTR=YesPlease
 	NO_STRLCPY=YesPlease
 	NO_ICONV=YesPlease
+	NO_C99_FORMAT = YesPlease
 	NO_SVN_TESTS=YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_ETC_PASSWD -DNO_ST_BLOCKS -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\" -I compat
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o