diff --git a/src/mingw.zig b/src/mingw.zig
index 415edf0d28..0d5d1fd0f7 100644
--- a/src/mingw.zig
+++ b/src/mingw.zig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub fn buildCRTFile(comp: *Compilation, crt_file: CRTFile) !void {
                     "-D_CRTBLD",
                     "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0f00",
                     "-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700",
+                    "-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0",
                 });
                 c_source_files[i] = .{
                     .src_path = try comp.zig_lib_directory.join(arena, &[_][]const u8{
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ pub fn buildCRTFile(comp: *Compilation, crt_file: CRTFile) !void {
                 "-D_CRTBLD",
                 "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0f00",
                 "-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700",
+                "-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0",
 
                 "-isystem",
                 try comp.zig_lib_directory.join(arena, &[_][]const u8{ "libc", "include", "any-windows-any" }),
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ pub fn buildCRTFile(comp: *Compilation, crt_file: CRTFile) !void {
                 "-D_CRTBLD",
                 "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0f00",
                 "-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700",
+                "-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0",
 
                 "-isystem",
                 try comp.zig_lib_directory.join(arena, &[_][]const u8{ "libc", "include", "any-windows-any" }),
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ pub fn buildCRTFile(comp: *Compilation, crt_file: CRTFile) !void {
                 "-D_CRTBLD",
                 "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0f00",
                 "-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700",
+                "-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0",
 
                 "-isystem",
                 try comp.zig_lib_directory.join(arena, &[_][]const u8{
@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@ fn add_cc_args(
         "-D_CRTBLD",
         "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0f00",
         "-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700",
+        "-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0",
     });
 }