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));