diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26d3e5664e591c..28f42977733017 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2954,6 +2954,10 @@ dnl LFS does not work with Emscripten 3.1
 AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
   [Emscripten], [have_largefile_support="no"]
 )
+dnl Activate on windows platforms (32&64-bit) where off_t(4) < fpos_t(8)
+AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
+  [MINGW], [have_largefile_support="yes"]
+)
 AS_VAR_IF([have_largefile_support], [yes], [
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT, 1,
   [Defined to enable large file support when an off_t is bigger than a long