diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
index 8f1124b..9768bfb 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
@@ -3784,7 +3784,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		std::ifstream file;
 		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
-#if TOML_WINDOWS
+#if TOML_WINDOWS && !(defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__))
 		file.open(impl::widen(file_path_str).c_str(), std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
 #else
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
diff --git a/toml.hpp b/toml.hpp
index 6de5332..478db2a 100644
--- a/toml.hpp
+++ b/toml.hpp
@@ -16342,7 +16342,7 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 		std::ifstream file;
 		TOML_OVERALIGNED char file_buffer[sizeof(void*) * 1024u];
 		file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer));
-#if TOML_WINDOWS
+#if TOML_WINDOWS && !(defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__))
 		file.open(impl::widen(file_path_str).c_str(), std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);
 #else
 		file.open(file_path_str, std::ifstream::in | std::ifstream::binary | std::ifstream::ate);