diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 2ce94dcabe..d2e468f99d 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
+	USE_LIBPCRE= YesPlease
 else
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
 endif