diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
index 790d47dc4..753c86fef 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw-iniimporter
     components
 )
 
+if (MINGW)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -municode")
+endif()
+
 if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
   add_definitions (--coverage)
   target_link_libraries(openmw-iniimporter gcov)