diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f624cfc5211fd5148c68e9d36054dfb61b7e47c7..1ccd75ff6d4e53d87a1c72046a2bc7437de7d0e6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ probe_libc(){
     # MinGW64 is backwards compatible with MinGW32, so check for it first.
     elif check_${pfx}cpp_condition _mingw.h "defined __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR"; then
         eval ${pfx}libc_type=mingw64
-        add_${pfx}cppflags -U__STRICT_ANSI__
+        add_${pfx}cppflags -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1
     elif check_${pfx}cpp_condition _mingw.h "defined __MINGW32_VERSION"; then
         eval ${pfx}libc_type=mingw32
         check_${pfx}cpp_condition _mingw.h "__MINGW32_MAJOR_VERSION > 3 || \