diff --git a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
index 64e0861b5..3b9f241f1 100644
--- a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _ESM_READER_H
 #define _ESM_READER_H
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <string>
 #include <libs/platform/stdint.h>
 #include <libs/platform/string.h>
diff --git a/libs/platform/string.h b/libs/platform/string.h
index dc25279fe..d4302ae78 100644
--- a/libs/platform/string.h
+++ b/libs/platform/string.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-// Wrapper for string.h on Mac
+// Wrapper for string.h on Mac and MinGW
 #ifndef _STRING_WRAPPER_H
 #define _STRING_WRAPPER_H
 
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 // need our own implementation of strnlen
 static size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t n)
 {
diff --git a/libs/platform/strings.h b/libs/platform/strings.h
index 0879ed87b..fd917065d 100644
--- a/libs/platform/strings.h
+++ b/libs/platform/strings.h
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-// Wrapper for MSVC
+// Wrapper for MSVC/GCC
 #ifndef _STRINGS_WRAPPER_H
 #define _STRINGS_WRAPPER_H
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#pragma warning(disable: 4996)
-#define strcasecmp stricmp
-#define snprintf _snprintf
-#else
-#include <strings.h>
-#endif
 
-#endif
+// For GCC, just use strings.h (this applies to mingw too)
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#    include <strings.h>
+#elif defined(MSVC)
+#    pragma warning(disable: 4996)
+#    define strcasecmp stricmp
+#    define snprintf _snprintf
+#else
+#    warning "Unable to determine your compiler, you should probably take a look here."
+#    include <strings.h>  // Just take a guess
+#endif 
+
+#endif /* _STRINGS_WRAPPER_H */