diff --git a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
index be5fec570c8..92fd1b81bf1 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+ifneq ($(shell which $(host)-g++-posix),)
+mingw32_CXX := $(host)-g++-posix
+endif
+
 mingw32_CFLAGS=-pipe
 mingw32_CXXFLAGS=$(mingw32_CFLAGS)