diff --git a/kiwix-build.py b/kiwix-build.py
index 320a182..b8fb0b6 100755
--- a/kiwix-build.py
+++ b/kiwix-build.py
@@ -541,7 +541,12 @@ class CTPP2(Dependency, ReleaseDownloadMixin, CMakeMixin):
     archive = Remotefile('ctpp2-2.8.3.tar.gz',
                          'a83ffd07817adb575295ef40fbf759892512e5a63059c520f9062d9ab8fb42fc')
     configure_option = "-DMD5_SUPPORT=OFF"
-    patches = ["ctpp2_include.patch", "ctpp2_no_src_modification.patch", "ctpp2_fix-static-libname.patch"]
+    patches = ["ctpp2_include.patch",
+               "ctpp2_no_src_modification.patch",
+               "ctpp2_fix-static-libname.patch",
+               "ctpp2_mingw32.patch",
+               "ctpp2_dll_export_VMExecutable.patch",
+               "ctpp2_win_install_lib_in_lib_dir.patch"]
 
 
 class Pugixml(Dependency, ReleaseDownloadMixin, MesonMixin):
diff --git a/patches/ctpp2_dll_export_VMExecutable.patch b/patches/ctpp2_dll_export_VMExecutable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3a941e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ctpp2_dll_export_VMExecutable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/include/CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/include/CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/include/CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp	2012-08-02 09:22:44.000000000 +0200
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/include/CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp	2017-01-17 11:47:08.332691919 +0100
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
+   @struct VMExecutable CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp <CTPP2VMExecutable.hpp>
+   @brief CTPP Executable file
+ */
+-struct VMExecutable
++struct CTPP2DECL VMExecutable
+ {
+ 	/** CTPP magic number                    */
+ 	UCHAR_8      magic[4]; // 'CTPP' xor 0xFFFFFFFF
diff --git a/patches/ctpp2_mingw32.patch b/patches/ctpp2_mingw32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca62dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ctpp2_mingw32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/include/CTPP2SourceLoader.hpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/include/CTPP2SourceLoader.hpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/include/CTPP2SourceLoader.hpp	2017-01-09 17:00:57.542353340 +0100
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/include/CTPP2SourceLoader.hpp	2017-01-09 16:54:04.467316656 +0100
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+ #define _CTPP2_SOURCE_LOADER_HPP__ 1
+ 
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+-#include <Windows.h>
++#include <windows.h>
+ #else
+  #include <unistd.h>
+ #endif
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/src/CTPP2DTOA.cpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/CTPP2DTOA.cpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/src/CTPP2DTOA.cpp	2012-11-11 00:50:01.000000000 +0100
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/CTPP2DTOA.cpp	2017-01-09 16:53:13.184181977 +0100
+@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+-    #include <WinSock2.h>
++#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
++    #include <winsock2.h>
+     #ifndef BIG_ENDIAN
+         #define BIG_ENDIAN BIGENDIAN
+     #endif
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/src/CTPP2StringIconvOutputCollector.cpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/CTPP2StringIconvOutputCollector.cpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/src/CTPP2StringIconvOutputCollector.cpp	2012-08-02 09:22:44.000000000 +0200
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/CTPP2StringIconvOutputCollector.cpp	2017-01-09 16:56:11.162179732 +0100
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
+ 	size_t iDstLength     = CTPP_ESCAPE_BUFFER_LEN;
+ 
+ 	char         aDstData[CTPP_ESCAPE_BUFFER_LEN];
+-#if defined(linux) || defined(__APPLE__)
++#if defined(linux) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+ 	char       * aSrcData = (char *)vData;
+ #else
+ 	const char * aSrcData = (const char *)vData;
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnHostname.cpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnHostname.cpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnHostname.cpp	2012-11-10 21:40:36.000000000 +0100
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnHostname.cpp	2017-01-09 16:58:53.987435623 +0100
+@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
+ #include "CTPP2Logger.hpp"
+ #include "FnHostname.hpp"
+ 
+-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+-#include <Winsock2.h>
++#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
++#include <winsock2.h>
+ #else
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #endif
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnIconv.cpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnIconv.cpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnIconv.cpp	2012-08-02 09:22:44.000000000 +0200
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnIconv.cpp	2017-01-09 16:58:28.948857601 +0100
+@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
+ 	size_t iDstLength     = CTPP_ESCAPE_BUFFER_LEN;
+ 
+ 	char         aDstData[CTPP_ESCAPE_BUFFER_LEN];
+-#if defined(linux) || defined(__APPLE__)
++#if defined(linux) || defined(__APPLE__) ||  defined(__MINGW32__)
+ 	char       * aSrcData = (char *)sWhat.data();
+ #else
+ 	const char * aSrcData = (const char *)sWhat.data();
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnRandom.cpp ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnRandom.cpp
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/src/functions/FnRandom.cpp	2012-11-10 21:36:30.000000000 +0100
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/src/functions/FnRandom.cpp	2017-01-09 16:59:59.879325141 +0100
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef _MSC_VER
++#if defined(_MSC_VER) ||  defined(__MINGW32__)
+ 	#define random()        rand()
+ 	#define INT_64(x)       (INT_64)(x)
+ 	#define srandomdev()    srand( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+ //
+ FnRandom::FnRandom()
+ {
+-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
++#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(_MSC_VER) ||  defined(__MINGW32__)
+ 	srandomdev();
+ #else
+ 	srandom(time(NULL));
diff --git a/patches/ctpp2_win_install_lib_in_lib_dir.patch b/patches/ctpp2_win_install_lib_in_lib_dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..611eaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ctpp2_win_install_lib_in_lib_dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur ctpp2-2.8.3/CMakeLists.txt ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/CMakeLists.txt
+--- ctpp2-2.8.3/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-17 10:09:06.259494234 +0100
++++ ctpp2-2.8.3.patched/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-17 11:48:18.427522886 +0100
+@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
+ 
+     INSTALL(TARGETS ctpp2-static DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
+ 
+-    INSTALL(TARGETS ctpp2 DESTINATION .)
++    INSTALL(TARGETS ctpp2 DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
+ 
+     FILE(WRITE ctpp2-config.cmd ${CTPP_COMPILER_HELPER})
+