1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index ab17b39a6..bbdb10e95 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
         last = argv[argc - 1];
         /* If there are only two arguments and...  */
         if (argc == 2) {
+#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+        /* stat can't be aliased, and MinGW uses lstat anyway */
+                s_flags = cp_mv_stat2(*argv, &source_stat, lstat);
+#else
                 s_flags = cp_mv_stat2(*argv, &source_stat,
                                 (flags & FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE) ? stat : lstat);
+#endif
                 if (s_flags < 0)
                         return EXIT_FAILURE;
                 d_flags = cp_mv_stat(last, &dest_stat);