diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/create-artifacts.yml
index eb987e5..db2caf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-artifacts.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: build
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  linux_build:
+  linux_and_mingw_build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       CXX: g++
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install 32-bit libraries
       run: |
         sudo apt install -y g++-multilib zlib1g:i386 libsnappy-dev:i386 liblz4-1:i386
+    - name: Install mingw
+      run: |
+        sudo apt install -y gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Build 64 bit
@@ -43,9 +46,28 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: qpakman-linux32
         path: ./build-lin32/qpakman
+    - name: Build static Win32 executable with MinGW32
+      run: |
+        mkdir build-win32 && cd build-win32
+        cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+          -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows \
+          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc \
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-g++ \
+          -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32 \
+          -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" \
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+          ../
+        cmake --build .
+        cd ../
+    - name: Archive qpakman win32
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: qpakman-win32
+        path: ./build-win32/qpakman.exe
 
   macos_build:
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    runs-on: macos-15
     env:
       CXX: clang++
     steps:
@@ -60,46 +82,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: qpakman-macos
-        path: ./build-macos/qpakman
-
-  windows_build:
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-    env:
-      VCPKG_VERSION: 120deac3062162151622ca4860575a33844ba10b
-      vcpkg_packages: zlib
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {
-              arch: x86,
-              generator: "-G'Visual Studio 17 2022' -A Win32",
-              vcpkg_triplet: x86-windows-static,
-              artifact_name: windows32
-            }
-          - {
-              arch: x64,
-              generator: "-G'Visual Studio 17 2022' -A x64",
-              vcpkg_triplet: x64-windows-static,
-              artifact_name: windows64
-            }
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Run vcpkg
-      uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v7
-      with:
-        vcpkgArguments: zlib
-        vcpkgDirectory: '${{ github.workspace }}\vcpkg'
-        appendedCacheKey: ${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }}
-        vcpkgGitCommitId: ${{ env.VCPKG_VERSION }}
-        vcpkgTriplet: ${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }}
-    - name: Build
-      run: |
-        mkdir build-${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }} && cd build-${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }}
-        cmake ${{matrix.config.generator}} -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${{ github.workspace }}\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET="${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }}" -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY="MultiThreaded" ../
-        cmake --build . --config Release
-    - name: Archive qpakman Windows
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: qpakman-${{ matrix.config.artifact_name }}
-        path: ./build-${{ matrix.config.vcpkg_triplet }}/Release/qpakman.exe
+        path: ./build-macos/qpakman
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc90519..236348c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(QPAKMAN CXX)
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ add_executable(qpakman
 	 im_gen.cc im_mip.cc im_format.cc im_tex.cc archive.cc pakfile.cc main.cc)
 
 
-if(WIN32)
+if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
 	# include setargv.obj for file wildcard expansion
 	# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/expanding-wildcard-arguments
 	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} setargv.obj")
diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 9815394..8b96ccd 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
 #define VERSION  "0.67"
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+// force-enable wildcard expansion for mingw builds
+int _dowildcard = -1;
+#endif
 
 std::string output_name;