diff --git a/windows/winhsock.c b/windows/winhsock.c
index e5f0fa4f..c8cb46f6 100644
--- a/windows/winhsock.c
+++ b/windows/winhsock.c
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ static char *sk_handle_peer_info(Socket s)
 
     if (!kernel32_module) {
         kernel32_module = load_system32_dll("kernel32.dll");
-#if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1900
-        /* For older Visual Studio, this function isn't available in
-         * the header files to type-check */
+#if (defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1900) || defined __MINGW32__
+        /* For older Visual Studio, and MinGW too (at least as of
+         * Ubuntu 16.04), this function isn't available in the header
+         * files to type-check */
         GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION_NO_TYPECHECK(
             kernel32_module, GetNamedPipeClientProcessId);
 #else
diff --git a/windows/winnet.c b/windows/winnet.c
index 7ceca486..fc26c3e5 100644
--- a/windows/winnet.c
+++ b/windows/winnet.c
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ void sk_init(void)
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(winsock_module, getservbyname);
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(winsock_module, inet_addr);
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(winsock_module, inet_ntoa);
-#if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1900
-    /* Older Visual Studio doesn't know about this function at all, so
-     * can't type-check it */
+#if (defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1900) || defined __MINGW32__
+    /* Older Visual Studio, and MinGW as of Ubuntu 16.04, don't know
+     * about this function at all, so can't type-check it */
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION_NO_TYPECHECK(winsock_module, inet_ntop);
 #else
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(winsock_module, inet_ntop);