diff --git a/src/windows/port.h b/src/windows/port.h
index 8198461..7928ff4 100755
--- a/src/windows/port.h
+++ b/src/windows/port.h
@@ -136,19 +136,21 @@ typedef int pid_t;
 #endif  // _MSC_VER
 
 // ----------------------------------- THREADS
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
+#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD)
+# include <pthread.h>
+#else // no PTHREAD
 typedef DWORD pthread_t;
 typedef DWORD pthread_key_t;
 typedef LONG pthread_once_t;
 enum { PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT = 0 };   // important that this be 0! for SpinLock
 #define pthread_self  GetCurrentThreadId
 #define pthread_equal(pthread_t_1, pthread_t_2)  ((pthread_t_1)==(pthread_t_2))
+#endif // HAVE_PTHREAD
 
 inline struct tm* localtime_r(const time_t* timep, struct tm* result) {
   localtime_s(result, timep);
   return result;
 }
-#endif
 
 inline char* strerror_r(int errnum, char* buf, size_t buflen) {
   strerror_s(buf, buflen, errnum);