diff --git a/config/CONFIG.Host.win32-x86-mingw b/config/CONFIG.Host.win32-x86-mingw
index 34b7a61a1..638b125ff 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG.Host.win32-x86-mingw
+++ b/config/CONFIG.Host.win32-x86-mingw
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES =
 
 ARCH_DEP_LDLIBS = -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lwinmm
 
+# Remove -ansi compile option for gcc (does not allow c++ type comments).
+GCC_ANSI = $(GCC)
+GCC_STRICT = $(GCC) -pedantic
+G++_NORMAL = $(G++) -pedantic
+G++_STRICT = $(G++)  -pedantic