diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf
index 16e9b895c2e..697c62b73db 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 load(device_config)
 
 MAKEFILE_GENERATOR	= MINGW
-QMAKE_PLATFORM = win32
+QMAKE_PLATFORM = win32 mingw
 CONFIG += debug_and_release debug_and_release_target precompile_header
 DEFINES			+= UNICODE
 QMAKE_COMPILER_DEFINES  += __GNUC__ WIN32