1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/procps/watch.c b/procps/watch.c
index 1190b29df..56b128df6 100644
--- a/procps/watch.c
+++ b/procps/watch.c
@@ -71,9 +71,16 @@ int watch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         // watch from both procps 2.x and 3.x does concatenation. Example:
         // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" - ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
+#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+        cmd = NULL;
+        do {
+                cmd = xappendword(cmd, *argv);
+        } while (*++argv);
+#else
         cmd = *argv;
         while (*++argv)
                 cmd = xasprintf("%s %s", cmd, *argv); // leaks cmd
+#endif
 
         period = parse_duration_str(period_str);
         width = (unsigned)-1; // make sure first time new_width != width