diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bf997a51f..807e28c98 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@ esac
 # are we on MinGW?
 if uname -s 2>&1 | grep MINGW32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
 else
-	if echo $target | grep mingw32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
+	if echo $host $target | grep mingw32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
 	else on_mingw="no"; fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a007e8d34..b0ad763c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ esac
 # are we on MinGW?
 if uname -s 2>&1 | grep MINGW32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
 else 
-	if echo $target | grep mingw32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
+	if echo $host $target | grep mingw32 >/dev/null; then on_mingw="yes"
 	else on_mingw="no"; fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index d8b35e9cb..3edb17d1d 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 5 July 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix dynamic link of anchor-update.exe on windows.
+	- Fix detect of mingw for MXE package build.
 
 4 July 2016: Wouter
 	- For #787: prefer-ip6 option for unbound.conf prefers to send