1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 8a9881763..5d9834772 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -470,3 +470,11 @@ int fcntl(int fd UNUSED_PARAM, int cmd, ...)
         errno = EINVAL;
         return -1;
 }
+
+#undef unlink
+int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
+{
+        /* read-only files cannot be removed */
+        chmod(pathname, 0666);
+        return unlink(pathname);
+}