diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4e86580dd0..bac059e64b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix creating `#[classattr]` by functions with the name of a known magic method. [#1969](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1969)
+- Fix mingw platform detection. [#1993](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1993)
 
 ## [0.15.0] - 2021-11-03
 
diff --git a/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs b/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
index 4690b6e70ba..aaf2f3c9753 100644
--- a/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
+++ b/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ print_if_set("libdir", get_config_var("LIBDIR"))
 print_if_set("base_prefix", base_prefix)
 print("executable", sys.executable)
 print("calcsize_pointer", struct.calcsize("P"))
-print("mingw", get_platform() == "mingw")
+print("mingw", get_platform().startswith("mingw"))
 "#;
         let output = run_python_script(interpreter.as_ref(), SCRIPT)?;
         let map: HashMap<String, String> = parse_script_output(&output);