} // extern "C"
-// Special hack for Cygwin: its headers reference this variable which is
-// normally defined in Cygwin-specific gdiplus.lib but as we don't link with it
+// Special hack for w32api headers that reference this variable which is
+// normally defined in w32api-specific gdiplus.lib but as we don't link with it
// and load gdiplus.dll dynamically, it's not defined in our case resulting in
// linking errors -- so just provide it ourselves, it doesn't matter where it
// is and if Cygwin headers are modified to not use it in the future, it's not
// a big deal neither, we'll just have an unused pointer.
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
extern "C" void *_GdipStringFormatCachedGenericTypographic = NULL;
-#endif // __CYGWIN__
+#endif // __CYGWIN__ || __MINGW32__
// ============================================================================
// wxGdiPlus helper class