diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 4bd5414ca9..618ec10fc7 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME = fallthrough
 	USE_LIBPCRE = YesPlease
+	USE_MIMALLOC = YesPlease
 	NO_PYTHON =
         ifeq (/mingw64,$(subst 32,64,$(subst clangarm,mingw,$(prefix))))
 		# Move system config into top-level /etc/