diff --git a/CMakeOptions.txt b/CMakeOptions.txt
index 7296f16b01..25cd8fe6f3 100644
--- a/CMakeOptions.txt
+++ b/CMakeOptions.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ option(BUILD_sshdump       "Build sshdump" ON)
 option(BUILD_ciscodump     "Build ciscodump" ON)
 option(BUILD_dpauxmon      "Build dpauxmon" ON)
 option(BUILD_randpktdump   "Build randpktdump" ON)
-if(WIN32)
+if(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
+	# XXX - I don't think building etwdump is possible with MinGW-w64 as of
+	# version 9.0 but I would like to be 100% certain.
 	option(BUILD_etwdump	   "Build etwdump" ON)
 else()
 	option(BUILD_etwdump	   "Build etwdump" OFF)