diff --git a/libcork/include/libcork/config/config.h b/libcork/include/libcork/config/config.h
index 5fa36f7d..3a288572 100644
--- a/libcork/include/libcork/config/config.h
+++ b/libcork/include/libcork/config/config.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 /* Do some BSD (4.3 code base or newer)specific autodetection. */
 #include <libcork/config/bsd.h>
 
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+/* Do some mingw32 autodetection. */
+#include <libcork/config/mingw32.h>
+
 #endif  /* platforms */
 
 
diff --git a/libcork/include/libcork/config/mingw32.h b/libcork/include/libcork/config/mingw32.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c62cbc52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcork/include/libcork/config/mingw32.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Copyright © 2011, RedJack, LLC.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Please see the COPYING file in this distribution for license
+ * details.
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef LIBCORK_CONFIG_MINGW32_H
+#define LIBCORK_CONFIG_MINGW32_H
+
+#include <io.h>
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Endianness
+ */
+
+/* Assume MinGW32 only works on x86 platform */ 
+
+#define CORK_CONFIG_IS_BIG_ENDIAN      0
+#define CORK_CONFIG_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN   1
+
+#define CORK_HAVE_REALLOCF  0
+#define CORK_HAVE_PTHREADS  1
+
+/*
+ * File io stuff. Odd that this is not defined by MinGW.
+ * Maybe there is an M$ish way to do it.
+ */
+#define F_SETFL    4
+#define O_NONBLOCK 0x4000  /* non blocking I/O (POSIX style) */
+
+#define F_GETFD 1
+#define F_SETFD 2
+#define FD_CLOEXEC 0x1
+
+#define WNOHANG 1
+
+/*
+ * simple adaptors
+ */
+
+static inline int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
+{
+        return mkdir(path);
+}
+#define mkdir mingw_mkdir
+
+
+#endif /* LIBCORK_CONFIG_MINGW32_H */
diff --git a/libcork/posix/subprocess.c b/libcork/posix/subprocess.c
index a97b8043..f2a2442d 100644
--- a/libcork/posix/subprocess.c
+++ b/libcork/posix/subprocess.c
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "libcork/core.h"
@@ -506,7 +508,7 @@ cork_subprocess_is_finished(struct cork_subprocess *self)
         && cork_read_pipe_is_finished(&self->stderr_pipe);
 }
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 #include <pthread.h>
 #define THREAD_YIELD   pthread_yield_np
 #elif defined(__linux__) || defined(BSD)