diff --git a/Packaging/windows/mingw-prep.sh b/Packaging/windows/mingw-prep.sh
index 172e153c207..0e7aeb553bb 100755
--- a/Packaging/windows/mingw-prep.sh
+++ b/Packaging/windows/mingw-prep.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fi
 
 wget -q https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-${SDLDEV_VERS}-mingw.tar.gz -OSDL2-devel-${SDLDEV_VERS}-mingw.tar.gz
 tar -xzf SDL2-devel-${SDLDEV_VERS}-mingw.tar.gz
+sed -i '/$(CROSS_PATH)\/cmake/ s/^/#/' SDL2*/Makefile
 CROSS_PATH=/usr ARCHITECTURES=${MINGW_ARCH} $SUDO make -eC SDL2*/ cross
 
 wget -q https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/download/${SODIUM_VERS}-RELEASE/libsodium-${SODIUM_VERS}-mingw.tar.gz -Olibsodium-${SODIUM_VERS}-mingw.tar.gz