diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 6849815b39..1140a131bf 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1927,6 +1927,12 @@ int xwcstoutf(char *utf, const wchar_t *wcs, size_t utflen)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Disable MSVCRT command line wildcard expansion (__getmainargs called from
+ * mingw startup code, see init.c in mingw runtime).
+ */
+int _CRT_glob = 0;
+
 void mingw_startup()
 {
 	/* copy executable name to argv[0] */