diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1064a88b5..4ab166850 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([CURL_FUNC_GETNAMEINFO_ARGTYPES], [
 #undef inline
 #ifdef HAVE_WINDOWS_H
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) && (_WIN32_WINNT < 0x0501)
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+#endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
 #include <winsock2.h>
diff --git a/ares/acinclude.m4 b/ares/acinclude.m4
index 713a5b5a1..3b0572041 100644
--- a/ares/acinclude.m4
+++ b/ares/acinclude.m4
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([CURL_FUNC_GETNAMEINFO_ARGTYPES], [
 #undef inline
 #ifdef HAVE_WINDOWS_H
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) && (_WIN32_WINNT < 0x0501)
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+#endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
 #include <winsock2.h>