diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5abc490e95..3dccdf6f77 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	BLK_SHA1 = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_GOODIES = UnfortunatelyYes
 	NATIVE_CRLF = YesPlease
+	NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
 
 	CC = compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
 	AR = compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
@@ -1213,6 +1214,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_INET_PTON = YesPlease
 	NO_INET_NTOP = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_GOODIES = UnfortunatelyYes
+	NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/win32
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/winansi.o \
diff --git a/compat/win32/dirent.h b/compat/win32/dirent.h
index 927a25ca76..b38973b051 100644
--- a/compat/win32/dirent.h
+++ b/compat/win32/dirent.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ typedef struct DIR DIR;
 #define DT_LNK     3
 
 struct dirent {
-	long d_ino;                      /* Always zero. */
 	char d_name[FILENAME_MAX];       /* File name. */
 	union {
 		unsigned short d_reclen; /* Always zero. */