diff --git a/libyaml/yaml.h b/libyaml/yaml.h
--- a/libyaml/yaml.h
+++ b/libyaml/yaml.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 /** The public API declaration. */
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+#   define  YAML_DECLARE(type)  type
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
 #   if defined(YAML_DECLARE_STATIC)
 #       define  YAML_DECLARE(type)  type
 #   elif defined(YAML_DECLARE_EXPORT)
diff --git a/yaml.cabal b/yaml.cabal
--- a/yaml.cabal
+++ b/yaml.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yaml
-version:         0.8.6.1
+version:         0.8.6.2
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>, Anton Ageev <antage@gmail.com>,Kirill Simonov