diff --git a/desktop/win32/source/unoinfo.cxx b/desktop/win32/source/unoinfo.cxx
index 187a38d97dbf..d4458212c3c3 100644
--- a/desktop/win32/source/unoinfo.cxx
+++ b/desktop/win32/source/unoinfo.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
  *
  * $RCSfile: unoinfo.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.3 $
+ * $Revision: 1.4 $
  *
  * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
  *
@@ -81,8 +81,13 @@ void writePath(
 
 }
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+int main(int argc, char ** argv, char **) {
+    if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "c++") == 0) {
+#else
 int wmain(int argc, wchar_t ** argv, wchar_t **) {
     if (argc == 2 && wcscmp(argv[1], L"c++") == 0) {
+#endif
         wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
         wchar_t * pathEnd = getBrandPath(path);
         if (tools::buildPath(path, path, pathEnd, MY_STRING(L"..\\basis-link"))
@@ -102,7 +107,11 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t ** argv, wchar_t **) {
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
         writePath(path, pathEnd, MY_STRING(L"\\bin"));
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+    } else if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "java") == 0) {
+#else
     } else if (argc == 2 && wcscmp(argv[1], L"java") == 0) {
+#endif
         if (fwrite("1", 1, 1, stdout) != 1) {
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }