diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index a5906aa3b0..9f8a0aa8ff 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2872,6 +2872,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, const wchar_t **wargv)
 #endif
 
 	maybe_redirect_std_handles();
+	fsync_object_files = 1;
 
 	/* determine size of argv and environ conversion buffer */
 	maxlen = wcslen(wargv[0]);