diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 9831ff3fa..afcc056f2 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ foreach (sort (keys %disabled))
 
 my $IsMK1MF=scalar grep /^$target$/,@MK1MF_Builds;
 
-$IsMK1MF=1 if ($target eq "mingw" && $^O ne "cygwin");
+$IsMK1MF=1 if ($target eq "mingw" && $^O ne "cygwin" && !is_msys());
 
 $exe_ext=".exe" if ($target eq "Cygwin" || $target eq "DJGPP" || $target eq "mingw");
 $exe_ext=".pm"  if ($target =~ /vos/);
@@ -1806,3 +1806,11 @@ sub test_sanity
 	print STDERR "No sanity errors detected!\n" if $errorcnt == 0;
 	return $errorcnt;
 	}
+
+# Attempt to detect MSYS environment
+
+sub is_msys
+	{
+	return 1 if (exists $ENV{"TERM"} && $ENV{"TERM"} eq "msys");
+	return 0;
+	}