diff --git a/src/funcs.c b/src/funcs.c
index 41c4106..f9920a5 100644
--- a/src/funcs.c
+++ b/src/funcs.c
@@ -844,7 +844,9 @@ file_print_guid(char *str, size_t len, const uint64_t *guid)
 protected int
 file_pipe_closexec(int *fds)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_PIPE2
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	return 0;
+#elif defined(HAVE_PIPE2)
 	return pipe2(fds, O_CLOEXEC);
 #else
 	if (pipe(fds) == -1)