diff --git a/include/internal/catch_default_main.hpp b/include/internal/catch_default_main.hpp
index aab5cba3ea..b82f6d9c0e 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_default_main.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_default_main.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __OBJC__
 
-#if defined(CATCH_CONFIG_WCHAR) && defined(CATCH_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && defined(_UNICODE) && !defined(DO_NOT_USE_WMAIN)
+#if defined(CATCH_CONFIG_WCHAR) && defined(CATCH_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(_UNICODE) && !defined(DO_NOT_USE_WMAIN)
 // Standard C/C++ Win32 Unicode wmain entry point
 extern "C" int wmain (int argc, wchar_t * argv[], wchar_t * []) {
 #else