diff --git a/plugins/common/src/native/util.c b/plugins/common/src/native/util.c
index 745a265..089ba17 100644
--- a/plugins/common/src/native/util.c
+++ b/plugins/common/src/native/util.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static jstring sprintfJavaString(JNIEnv *env, const char *format, va_list ap) {
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 4000
     char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
     jstring str; 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 	vsnprintf_s(buffer, BUFFER_SIZE, _TRUNCATE, format, ap);
 #else
     vsnprintf(buffer, BUFFER_SIZE, format, ap);
diff --git a/plugins/common/src/native/util.h b/plugins/common/src/native/util.h
index 58a62f4..657a93d 100644
--- a/plugins/common/src/native/util.h
+++ b/plugins/common/src/native/util.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <jni.h>
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include <Basetsd.h>
+#else
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
 
 extern void printfJava(JNIEnv *env, const char *format, ...);
 extern void throwRuntimeException(JNIEnv * env, const char *format, ...);
diff --git a/plugins/windows/src/native/build.xml.mingw b/plugins/windows/src/native/build.xml.mingw
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af034be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/windows/src/native/build.xml.mingw
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="JInput dx8 port, Native code" basedir="." default="compile">
+	<property environment="env"/>
+	<property name="dxhome" location="${env.DXSDK_DIR}"/>
+	<property name="sdkhome" location="${env.MSSDk}"/>
+	<property name="chome" location="c:/MinGW"/>
+	<property name="gcc" location="${chome}/bin/gcc"/>
+
+	<target name="compile_dir">
+		<echo message="${compiledir}"/>
+		<apply dir="${compiledir}" failonerror="true" executable="${gcc}" dest="${compiledir}" skipemptyfilesets="true">
+			<arg line="-c -Wall -O2 -std=gnu99"/>
+			<arg value="-I${sdkhome}\include"/>
+			<arg value="-I${dxhome}\include"/>
+			<arg value="-I${java.home}\..\include"/>
+			<arg value="-I${java.home}\..\include\win32"/>
+			<arg value="-I${commonhome}/src/native"/>
+			<arg value="-I.."/>
+			<srcfile/>
+			<fileset dir="${compiledir}" includes="*.c"/>
+			<mapper type="glob" from="*.c" to="*.o"/>
+		</apply>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="link">
+		<apply dir="." parallel="true" executable="cl" failonerror="true">
+			<arg value="-Wl,--kill-at"/>
+			<arg line="-shared -o ${dllname}"/>
+			<srcfile/>
+			<arg value="-L${java.home}/lib"/>
+			<arg value="-L${dxhome}/lib/x86"/>
+			<arg value="-L${sdkhome}/lib"/>
+			<arg line="${libs}"/>
+			<fileset dir="${commonhome}/src/native" includes="*.o"/>
+			<fileset dir="." includes="*.o"/>
+			<fileset dir="${objdir}" includes="*.o"/>
+		</apply>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean">
+		<delete>
+			<fileset dir="." includes="*.o"/>
+			<fileset dir="raw" includes="*.o"/>
+			<fileset dir="dx8" includes="*.o"/>
+			<fileset dir="." includes="*.dll"/>
+		</delete>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="compile">
+		<property name="rawlibs" value="Kernel32 User32 Setupapi"/>
+		<property name="dx8libs" value="Kernel32 dinput8 dxguid User32"/>
+		<property name="commonhome" location="../../../common"/>
+		<property name="dx8dllname" value="jinput-dx8.dll"/>
+		<property name="rawdllname" value="jinput-raw.dll"/>
+		<antcall target="compile_dir">
+			<param name="compiledir" location="${commonhome}/src/native"/>
+		</antcall>
+		<antcall target="compile_dir">
+			<param name="compiledir" location="."/>
+		</antcall>
+		<antcall target="compile_dir">
+			<param name="compiledir" location="raw"/>
+		</antcall>
+		<antcall target="compile_dir">
+			<param name="compiledir" location="dx8"/>
+		</antcall>
+		<antcall target="link">
+			<param name="dllname" value="${dx8dllname}"/>
+			<param name="libs" value="${dx8libs}"/>
+			<param name="objdir" location="dx8"/>
+		</antcall>
+		<antcall target="link">
+			<param name="dllname" value="${rawdllname}"/>
+			<param name="libs" value="${rawlibs}"/>
+			<param name="objdir" location="raw"/>
+		</antcall>
+    </target>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/plugins/windows/src/native/net_java_games_input_DummyWindow.c b/plugins/windows/src/native/net_java_games_input_DummyWindow.c
index 539e45c..1aa1832 100644
--- a/plugins/windows/src/native/net_java_games_input_DummyWindow.c
+++ b/plugins/windows/src/native/net_java_games_input_DummyWindow.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_net_java_games_input_DummyWindow_createWindow(JNIEn
 		throwIOException(env, "Failed to create window (%d)\n", GetLastError());
         return 0;
     }
-	return (jlong)hwndDummy;
+	return (jlong)(intptr_t)hwndDummy;
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_net_java_games_input_DummyWindow_nDestroy(JNIEnv *env, jclass unused, jlong hwnd_address) {