diff --git a/include/cross.h b/include/cross.h
index 33067bca0..3d1318345 100644
--- a/include/cross.h
+++ b/include/cross.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #define CROSS_NONE	0
 #define CROSS_FILE	1
 #define CROSS_DIR	2
-#if defined (WIN32)
+#if defined (WIN32) && !defined (__MINGW32__)
 #define ftruncate(blah,blah2) chsize(blah,blah2)
 #endif