diff --git a/dmd2/root/longdouble.h b/dmd2/root/longdouble.h
index 99f91f4d..0e8e4498 100644
--- a/dmd2/root/longdouble.h
+++ b/dmd2/root/longdouble.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ typedef volatile long double volatile_longdouble;
 // template<typename T> longdouble ldouble(T x) { return (longdouble) x; }
 #define ldouble(x) ((longdouble)(x))
 
+#if __MINGW32__
+// MinGW supports 80 bit reals, but the formatting functions map to versions
+// from the MSVC runtime by default which don't.
+#define sprintf __mingw_sprintf
+#endif
+
 inline size_t ld_sprint(char* str, int fmt, longdouble x)
 {
     char sfmt[4] = "%Lg";
@@ -41,6 +47,10 @@ inline size_t ld_sprint(char* str, int fmt, longdouble x)
     return sprintf(str, sfmt, x);
 }
 
+#if __MINGW32__
+#undef sprintf
+#endif
+
 #else
 
 #include <float.h>