diff --git a/sx/XmlOutputEventHandler.cxx~ b/sx/XmlOutputEventHandler.cxx
index 387af89..d03fe5b 100644
--- a/sx/XmlOutputEventHandler.cxx~
+++ b/sx/XmlOutputEventHandler.cxx
@@ -1202,7 +1202,9 @@ void XmlOutputEventHandler::inputOpened(InputSource *in)
           char realDirs[MAXPATHLEN];
           char realOutputDir[MAXPATHLEN];
           char *outputDir = strdup(outputDir_);
-
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#define realpath(N,R) _fullpath((R),(N),_MAX_PATH)
+#endif
           realpath((const char *)dirname(dirs), realDirs);
           realpath((const char *)dirname(outputDir), realOutputDir);
 
@@ -1469,7 +1471,7 @@ int XmlOutputEventHandler::maybeCreateDirectories (char *path)
     *pp = '/';
   }
 
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#if ! defined (_MSC_VER) && ! defined (__MINGW32__)
   struct stat statbuf;
   pp = strrchr(path, '/');
 
@@ -1483,6 +1485,8 @@ int XmlOutputEventHandler::maybeCreateDirectories (char *path)
   }
 
   ret = mkdir(path, statbuf.st_mode);
+#elif  defined (__MINGW32__)
+  ret = mkdir(path);
 #else
   ret=_mkdir(path);
 #endif