1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 112b2a54e..9978baa7a 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ static int has_exec_format(const char *name)
        unsigned int offset;
        unsigned char buf[1024];
+        /* special case: skip DLLs, there are thousands of them! */
+        n = strlen(name);
+        if (n > 4 && !strcasecmp(name+n-4, ".dll"))
+                return 0;
        fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0)
                return 0;