diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index e90ad12f90..c5518fe330 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/winansi.o \
 		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o \
 		compat/win32/dirent.o
+	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 	NATIVE_CRLF = YesPlease