diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b66ca7b17..fd3bfc83bd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1397,6 +1397,7 @@ fi
 if mingw32 ; then
   _getch=getch2-win.c
   need_shmem=no
+  extra_cflags="$extra_cflags -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1"
 fi
 
 if amigaos ; then