-/* define POSIX stuff: dirent, scandir, getcwd */
-#if defined(__linux__)
+/* define POSIX stuff: dirent, scandir, getcwd, mkdir */
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
#include <dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#warning hacks!
+#define mkdir(pathname,mode) mkdir(pathname)
+#define d_type d_ino
+#define DT_REG 0
+#define DT_DIR 0
+#endif
#else
-#error "must define dirent"
+#error "must provide posix"
#endif