diff --git a/src/xz/mytime.c b/src/xz/mytime.c
index ddfd5deb..4d8da513 100644
--- a/src/xz/mytime.c
+++ b/src/xz/mytime.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #if defined(MYTHREAD_VISTA) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 	// Nothing
-#elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+#elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 #	include <time.h>
 #else
 #	include <sys/time.h>
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ mytime_now(void)
 	// there's no reason to avoid a WinVista API here either.
 	return GetTickCount64();
 
-#elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+#elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
+	// MinGW-w64: clock_gettime() is defined in winpthreads but we need
+	// nothing else from winpthreads. By avoiding clock_gettime(), we
+	// avoid the dependency on libwinpthread-1.dll or the need to link
+	// against the static version. The downside is that the fallback
+	// method, gettimeofday(), doesn't provide monotonic time.
 	struct timespec tv;
 
 #	ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC