diff --git a/libaegisub/windows/util_win.cpp b/libaegisub/windows/util_win.cpp
index 7e91c0421..003283397 100644
--- a/libaegisub/windows/util_win.cpp
+++ b/libaegisub/windows/util_win.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ std::string ErrorString(int error) {
 	return str;
 }
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+
+void SetThreadName(LPCSTR szThreadName) {}
+
+#else
+
 #define MS_VC_EXCEPTION 0x406d1388
 
 /// Parameters for setting the thread name
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ void SetThreadName(LPCSTR szThreadName) {
 	}
 	__except (EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION) {}
 }
+#endif
 
 void sleep_for(int ms) {
 	std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(ms));
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b87fc4b9b..a4bf2f42b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('Aegisub', ['c', 'cpp'],
         license: 'BSD-3-Clause',
         meson_version: '>=0.55.0',
-        default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11', 'b_lto=true', 'buildtype=debugoptimized'],
+        default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11', 'buildtype=debugoptimized'],
         version: '3.3.3')
 
 cmake = import('cmake')
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     endif
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows' 
     version_sh = find_program('tools/version.ps1')
 else
     version_sh = find_program('tools/version.sh')
@@ -68,15 +68,27 @@ elif host_machine.system() != 'windows'
     deps += dependency('fontconfig')
 endif
 
+
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 deps += cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 deps += cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
+
 if not cxx.check_header('iconv.h')
     iconv_sp = subproject('iconv') # this really needs to be replaced with a proper port
     deps += iconv_sp.get_variable('libiconv_dep')
 endif
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    deps += cc.find_library('ws2_32', required: true)
+    deps += cc.find_library('bcrypt', required: true)
+    deps += cc.find_library('iconv', required: true)
+endif
+
+if not (host_machine.system() == 'windows' and cc.get_id() == 'gcc')
+    add_project_arguments('-Db_lto=true', language: 'cpp')  # lto breaks build for mingw
+endif
+
 deps += dependency('libass', version: '>=0.9.7',
                    fallback: ['libass', 'libass_dep'])
 
@@ -153,6 +165,10 @@ else
     endif
 endif
 
+# maybe mingw needs this
+conf.set('UNICODE', '1')
+conf.set('_UNICODE', '1')
+
 deps += dependency('icu-uc', version: '>=4.8.1.1')
 deps += dependency('icu-i18n', version: '>=4.8.1.1')
 
diff --git a/src/MatroskaParser.c b/src/MatroskaParser.c
index 5cc42bdbb..73adb09b8 100644
--- a/src/MatroskaParser.c
+++ b/src/MatroskaParser.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 #define	MAXCLUSTER	      (64*1048576)
 #define	MAXFRAME	      (4*1048576)
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 #define	LL(x)	x##i64
 #define	ULL(x)	x##ui64
 #else
diff --git a/tools/version.ps1 b/tools/version.ps1
index 3d0c62655..1fdb29adc 100644
--- a/tools/version.ps1
+++ b/tools/version.ps1
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ if ($exactGitTag -match $semVerMatch) {
 
 $version['BUILD_GIT_VERSION_NUMBER'] = $gitRevision
 $version['BUILD_GIT_VERSION_STRING'] = $gitVersionString
+$version['RELEASE_VERSION'] = $gitVersionString
 
 $version.GetEnumerator() | %{
   $type = $_.Value.GetType()
@@ -91,10 +92,12 @@ $gitVersionXml = [xml]@'
   <PropertyGroup>
     <GitVersionNumber></GitVersionNumber>
     <GitVersionString></GitVersionString>
+    <ReleaseVersion></ReleaseVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
 '@
 
 $gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.GitVersionNumber = $gitRevision.ToString()
 $gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.GitVersionString = $gitVersionString
+$gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.ReleaseVersion = $gitVersionString
 $gitVersionXml.Save($gitVersionXmlPath)