1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index c59d8a7c8..cd121c949 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1502,6 +1502,7 @@ int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, ...)
 }
 
 #undef unlink
+#undef rmdir
 int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
 {
         int ret;
@@ -1512,6 +1513,7 @@ int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
         ret = unlink(pathname);
         if (ret == -1 && errno == EACCES) {
                 /* a symlink to a directory needs to be removed by calling rmdir */
+                /* (the *real* Windows rmdir, not mingw_rmdir) */
                 if (is_symlink(pathname)) {
                         return rmdir(pathname);
                 }
@@ -1686,9 +1688,14 @@ int mingw_access(const char *name, int mode)
         return -1;
 }
 
-#undef rmdir
 int mingw_rmdir(const char *path)
 {
+        /* On Linux rmdir(2) doesn't remove symlinks */
+        if (is_symlink(path)) {
+                errno = ENOTDIR;
+                return -1;
+        }
+
         /* read-only directories cannot be removed */
         chmod(path, 0666);
         return rmdir(path);