diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc873865..2c3954a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ DOCDIR = $(DATAROOTDIR)/doc/$(CPROG)
 SYSCONFDIR = $(PREFIX)/etc
 HTMLDIR = $(DOCDIR)
 
-UNAME := $(shell uname)
+# build tools
+MKDIR = mkdir -p
+RMF = rm -f
+RMRF = rm -rf
 
 # desired configuration of the document root
 # never assume that the document_root actually
@@ -35,15 +38,17 @@ UNAME := $(shell uname)
 DOCUMENT_ROOT = $(HTMLDIR)
 PORTS = 8080
 
-BUILD_DIRS += $(BUILD_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR)/src
+BUILD_DIRS = $(BUILD_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR)/src $(BUILD_DIR)/resources
 
 LIB_SOURCES = src/civetweb.c
 LIB_INLINE  = src/mod_lua.inl src/md5.inl
 APP_SOURCES = src/main.c
+WINDOWS_RESOURCES = resources/res.rc
 UNIT_TEST_SOURCES = test/unit_test.c
 SOURCE_DIRS =
 
 OBJECTS = $(LIB_SOURCES:.c=.o) $(APP_SOURCES:.c=.o)
+BUILD_RESOURCES =
 
 # The unit tests include the source files directly to get visibility to the
 # static functions.  So we clear OBJECTS so that we don't try to build or link
@@ -115,21 +120,25 @@ LIB_OBJECTS = $(filter-out $(MAIN_OBJECTS), $(BUILD_OBJECTS))
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),LINUX)
   LIBS += -ldl
+  CAN_INSTALL = 1
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),LINUX)
-  CAN_INSTALL = 1
+ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),WIN32)
+  MKDIR = mkdir
+  RMF = del /q
+  RMRF = rmdir /s /q
 endif
 
 ifdef WITH_LUA_SHARED
   LIBS += -llua5.2
 endif
 
-ifneq (, $(findstring MINGW32, $(UNAME)))
-  LIBS += -lws2_32 -lcomdlg32
-  SHARED_LIB=dll
+ifneq (, $(findstring mingw32, $(shell gcc -dumpmachine)))
+  BUILD_RESOURCES = $(BUILD_DIR)/$(WINDOWS_RESOURCES:.rc=.o)
+  LIBS := $(filter-out -lrt, $(LIBS)) -lws2_32 -lcomdlg32 -mwindows
+  SHARED_LIB = dll
 else
-  SHARED_LIB=so
+  SHARED_LIB = so
 endif
 
 all: build
@@ -214,16 +223,16 @@ lib: lib$(CPROG).a
 slib: lib$(CPROG).$(SHARED_LIB)
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
+	$(RMRF) $(BUILD_DIR)
 
 distclean: clean
-	@rm -rf VS2012/Debug VS2012/*/Debug  VS2012/*/*/Debug
-	@rm -rf VS2012/Release VS2012/*/Release  VS2012/*/*/Release
-	rm -f $(CPROG) lib$(CPROG).so lib$(CPROG).a *.dmg *.msi *.exe lib$(CPROG).dll lib$(CPROG).dll.a
-	rm -f $(UNIT_TEST_PROG)
+	@$(RMRF) VS2012/Debug VS2012/*/Debug  VS2012/*/*/Debug
+	@$(RMRF) VS2012/Release VS2012/*/Release  VS2012/*/*/Release
+	$(RMF) $(CPROG) lib$(CPROG).so lib$(CPROG).a *.dmg *.msi *.exe lib$(CPROG).dll lib$(CPROG).dll.a
+	$(RMF) $(UNIT_TEST_PROG)
 
 lib$(CPROG).a: $(LIB_OBJECTS)
-	@rm -f $@
+	@$(RMF) $@
 	ar cq $@ $(LIB_OBJECTS)
 
 lib$(CPROG).so: CFLAGS += -fPIC
@@ -238,8 +247,8 @@ $(UNIT_TEST_PROG): CFLAGS += -Isrc
 $(UNIT_TEST_PROG): $(LIB_SOURCES) $(LIB_INLINE) $(UNIT_TEST_SOURCES) $(BUILD_OBJECTS)
 	$(LCC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UNIT_TEST_SOURCES) $(BUILD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
 
-$(CPROG): $(BUILD_OBJECTS)
-	$(LCC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
+$(CPROG): $(BUILD_OBJECTS) $(BUILD_RESOURCES)
+	$(LCC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILD_OBJECTS) $(BUILD_RESOURCES) $(LIBS)
 
 $(CXXPROG): $(BUILD_OBJECTS)
 	$(CXX) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
@@ -247,7 +256,7 @@ $(CXXPROG): $(BUILD_OBJECTS)
 $(BUILD_OBJECTS): $(BUILD_DIRS)
 
 $(BUILD_DIRS):
-	-@mkdir -p "$@"
+	-@$(MKDIR) "$@"
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.o : %.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
@@ -255,6 +264,9 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%.o : %.cpp
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.o : %.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
+$(BUILD_RESOURCES) : $(WINDOWS_RESOURCES)
+	windres $< $@
+
 # This rules is used to keep the code formatted in a reasonable manor
 # For this to work astyle must be installed and in the path
 # http://sourceforge.net/projects/astyle
diff --git a/docs/Building.md b/docs/Building.md
index eb8f73f2..010a502a 100644
--- a/docs/Building.md
+++ b/docs/Building.md
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ https://github.com/bel2125/civetweb
 Building for Windows
 ---------
 
+#### Using Visual Studio
 Open the *VS2012/civetweb.sln* in Visual Studio.
 To include SSL support, you may have to use yaSSL.  However, it is GPL licensed.
 See [yaSSL.md](https://github.com/bel2125/civetweb/blob/master/docs/yaSSL.md) for more information.
 
+#### Using MinGW-w64 or TDM-GCC
+In the start menu locate and run the "Run terminal" batch file. For TDM-GCC this is named "MinGW Command Prompt".
+Navigate to the civetweb sources directory and run:
+```
+mingw32-make CC=gcc
+```
 
 Building for Linux, BSD, and OSX
 ---------
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7fe90873..e9a9110c 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@
 #include "civetweb.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501 /* Target Windows XP or higher */
+#endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winsvc.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
+#include <io.h>
 
 #define getcwd(a,b) _getcwd(a,b)
 #if !defined(__MINGW32__)
@@ -1500,9 +1504,6 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
     return DefWindowProc(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
 }
 
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <io.h>
-
 static int MakeConsole() {
     DWORD err;
     int ok = (GetConsoleWindow() != NULL);