diff --git a/wolfssh/port.h b/wolfssh/port.h
index ddbd7ed1..dbb47702 100644
--- a/wolfssh/port.h
+++ b/wolfssh/port.h
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif /* WSTRING_USER */
 
 /* get local time for debug print out */
-#ifdef USE_WINDOWS_API
+#if defined(USE_WINDOWS_API) || defined(__MINGW32__)
     #define WTIME time
     #define WLOCALTIME(c,r) (localtime_s((r),(c))==0)
 #elif defined(MICROCHIP_MPLAB_HARMONY)
diff --git a/wolfssh/visibility.h b/wolfssh/visibility.h
index e0ba2591..ae41a312 100644
--- a/wolfssh/visibility.h
+++ b/wolfssh/visibility.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern "C" {
 */
 
 #if defined(BUILDING_WOLFSSH)
-    #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
         #ifdef WOLFSSH_DLL
             #define WOLFSSH_API extern __declspec(dllexport)
         #else
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ extern "C" {
         #define WOLFSSH_LOCAL
     #endif /* HAVE_VISIBILITY */
 #else /* BUILDING_WOLFSSH */
-    #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
         #ifdef WOLFSSH_DLL
             #define WOLFSSH_API extern __declspec(dllimport)
         #else