diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 10fa78b81cd7dcd4a783c6548dba6e3af3dfe317..ff8e601312b0d48541614224999322777cc1a89c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1191,6 +1191,7 @@ guess_architecture() {
         cygwin_*:*86:*)        arch=win32           ;;
         cygwin_*:pentium:*)    arch=win32           ;;
         cygwin_*:ia64)         arch=win32           ;;
+        mingw32_*:*86:*)       arch=win32           ;;
         *)
             echo "Attempts at guessing your architecture failed."
             echo "(triplet is $arch:$chip:$rele)"