diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8e2881cf43beb049931f3f71c82084095c4d2457..1d3f0ec67f4ff7e0db0bf12ceb6c5a0a766ad164 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ case $host in
       AC_MSG_WARN([--disable-parport-giveio is not supported by MinGW32 hosts])
     fi
     parport_use_giveio=yes
+    
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO"
 
     AC_DEFINE(IS_MINGW, 1, [1 if building for MinGW.])
     AC_DEFINE(IS_WIN32, 1, [1 if building for Win32.])