diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c718ec7af2..a51cff925d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	pathsep = ;
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
 	NO_OPENSSL = YesPlease
-	NO_CURL = YesPlease
 	NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease
 	NO_IPV6 = YesPlease
 	NO_SETENV = YesPlease
@@ -833,7 +832,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
 	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
-	NO_PTHREADS = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	OLD_ICONV = YesPlease
 	NO_C99_FORMAT = YesPlease
@@ -855,6 +853,18 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/regex/regex.o compat/winansi.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
+ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
+	htmldir=doc/git/html/
+	prefix =
+	INSTALL = /bin/install
+	EXTLIBS += /mingw/lib/libz.a
+	NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER = YesPlease
+	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
+	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
+else
+	NO_CURL = YesPlease
+	NO_PTHREADS = YesPlease
+endif
 endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(uname_M)))
 	ARM_SHA1 = YesPlease