diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 7e301b573..873397eae 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ Version 1.5.7beta05 [November 21, 2011]
   Validate time settings passed to pngset() and png_convert_to_rfc1123()
     (Frank Busse).
   Allow row_stride==0 to indicate default stride in simplified API
+  Added MINGW support to CMakeLists.txt
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 763efcad6..f44c0f6f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3749,6 +3749,7 @@ Version 1.5.7beta05 [November 21, 2011]
   Validate time settings passed to pngset() and png_convert_to_rfc1123()
     (Frank Busse).
   Allow row_stride==0 to indicate default stride in simplified API
+  Added MINGW support to CMakeLists.txt
 
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8982863e0..2bc2b961c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
 # copies if different.
 macro(CREATE_SYMLINK SRC_FILE DEST_FILE)
   FILE(REMOVE ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${DEST_FILE})
-  if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+  if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MINGW)
     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${DEST_FILE}   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${DEST_FILE}
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${SRC_FILE} ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${DEST_FILE}
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ macro(CREATE_SYMLINK SRC_FILE DEST_FILE)
         DEPENDS ${PNG_LIB_NAME} ${PNG_LIB_NAME_STATIC}
         )
     ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${DEST_FILE}_COPY ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${DEST_FILE})
-  else(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+  else(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MINGW)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${SRC_FILE} ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${DEST_FILE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${SRC_FILE} ${DEST_FILE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-  endif(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+  endif(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MINGW)
 endmacro()
 
 # libpng is a library so default to 'lib'
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ endif(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
 # we use the same files like ./configure, so we have to set its vars
 # Only do this on Windows for Cygwin - the files don't make much sense outside
 # a UNIX look alike
-if(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
+if(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN OR MINGW) 
 set(prefix      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(libdir      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ CREATE_SYMLINK(${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc libpng.pc)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng-config.in
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}-config @ONLY)
 CREATE_SYMLINK(${PNGLIB_NAME}-config libpng-config)
-endif(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
+endif(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN OR MINGW)
 
 # SET UP LINKS
 if(PNG_SHARED)
@@ -264,13 +264,13 @@ if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
     # Create a symlink for libpng.dll.a => libpng15.dll.a on Cygwin
-    if(CYGWIN)
+    if(CYGWIN OR MINGW)
        get_target_property(BUILD_TARGET_LOCATION ${PNG_LIB_NAME} LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
        get_filename_component(BUILD_TARGET_FILE ${BUILD_TARGET_LOCATION} NAME)
        CREATE_SYMLINK(${BUILD_TARGET_FILE} libpng${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
        install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    endif(CYGWIN)
+    endif(CYGWIN OR MINGW)
 
     if(NOT WIN32)
       get_target_property(BUILD_TARGET_LOCATION ${PNG_LIB_NAME} LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
         ${PNG_EXPORT_RULE}
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    if(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
+    if(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN OR MINGW)
       get_target_property(BUILD_TARGET_LOCATION ${PNG_LIB_NAME_STATIC} LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
       get_filename_component(BUILD_TARGET_FILE ${BUILD_TARGET_LOCATION} NAME)
       CREATE_SYMLINK(${BUILD_TARGET_FILE} libpng${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
       install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    endif(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
+    endif(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN OR MINGW)
  endif()
 endif()