diff --git a/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c b/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
index e6440fa9cd364d..f42714a410142b 100644
--- a/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_gdbmmodule.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 #include "gdbmerrno.h"
 extern const char * gdbm_strerror(gdbm_error);
 #endif