diff --git a/changes/bug2313 b/changes/bug2313
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ffbe4ab07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug2313
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes
+    - Fix compilation on mingw when a pthreads compatibility library
+      has been installed.  (We don't want to use it, so we shouldn't
+      be including pthread.h.)  Fixes bug 2313; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
diff --git a/src/common/compat.h b/src/common/compat.h
index 01c94d5f4e..ee20e716c0 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.h
+++ b/src/common/compat.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
 #include <string.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_H) && !defined(MS_WINDOWS)
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include <stdarg.h>