diff --git a/test cases/common/33 run program/check-mingw.py b/test cases/common/33 run program/check-mingw.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..05a12957afba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/33 run program/check-mingw.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+if 'MSYSTEM' not in os.environ:
+    pass
+else:
+    os.environ['MSYSTEM']
diff --git a/test cases/common/33 run program/meson.build b/test cases/common/33 run program/meson.build
index 2257d93c7fc1..d3fbe04a29b5 100644
--- a/test cases/common/33 run program/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/33 run program/meson.build	
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 project('run command', version : run_command('get-version.py', check : true).stdout().strip(), meson_version: '>=0.1.0')
 
-if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
+check_mingw = run_command('check-mingw.py', check : true).stdout().strip()
+is_mingw = not (check_mingw == '' or check_mingw == 'MSYS')
+
+if build_machine.system() == 'windows' and (not is_mingw)
   c = run_command('cmd', '/c', 'echo', 'hello', check: false)
 else
   c = run_command('echo', 'hello', check: false)
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 # We should be able to have files() in argument
 f = files('meson.build')
 
-if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
+if build_machine.system() == 'windows' and (not is_mingw)
   c = run_command('cmd', '/c', 'echo', f, check: false)
 else
   c = run_command('echo', f, check: false)
diff --git a/unittests/windowstests.py b/unittests/windowstests.py
index 1667ee7a5a13..c5b0ba08d306 100644
--- a/unittests/windowstests.py
+++ b/unittests/windowstests.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_find_program(self):
         self.assertTrue(prog1.found(), msg='xcopy not found')
         prog2 = ExternalProgram('xcopy.exe')
         self.assertTrue(prog2.found(), msg='xcopy.exe not found')
-        self.assertPathEqual(prog1.get_path(), prog2.get_path()) # fails on recent MinGW
+        self.assertPathEqual(prog1.get_path(), prog2.get_path())
         # Find xcopy.exe with args without searching
         prog = ExternalProgram('xcopy', command=['xcopy', '/?'])
         self.assertTrue(prog.found(), msg='xcopy not found with args')