diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b92c36210be88..c09a6795c8725c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/winansi.o \
 		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o \
 		compat/win32/poll.o compat/win32/dirent.o
+	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	GITLIBS += git.res
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =