diff --git a/config b/config
index bba370c4f3..4781bf5645 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -848,6 +848,8 @@ case "$GUESSOS" in
 	    options="$options no-asm"
 	fi
 	;;
+  i[3456]86-*-mingw) OUT="mingw" ;;
+  x86_64-*-mingw) OUT="mingw64" ;;
   # these are all covered by the catchall below
   # *-dgux) OUT="dgux" ;;
   mips-sony-newsos4) OUT="newsos4-gcc" ;;