diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 9e0cd1e097..e14f2d5f77 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ int pipe(int filedes[2])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifndef __MINGW64__
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 {
 	if (gmtime_s(result, timep) == 0)
@@ -1096,6 +1097,7 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 		return result;
 	return NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index d70ce14286..c8005db3fb 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@
 /* Approximation of the length of the decimal representation of this type. */
 #define decimal_length(x)	((int)(sizeof(x) * 2.56 + 0.5) + 1)
 
-#if defined(__sun__)
+#ifdef __MINGW64__
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 1
+#elif defined(__sun__)
  /*
   * On Solaris, when _XOPEN_EXTENDED is set, its header file
   * forces the programs to be XPG4v2, defeating any _XOPEN_SOURCE