1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
index 912a4028..38b10f6e 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ if cfg.platforms.mingw32 then
    defaults.variables.CFLAGS = "-O2"
    defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-shared"
    defaults.makefile = "Makefile"
+   defaults.external_deps_dirs = { "c:/external", "c:/mingw", "c:/windows/system32" }
    defaults.external_deps_patterns = {
       bin = { "?.exe", "?.bat" },
       -- mingw lookup list from http://stackoverflow.com/a/15853231/1793220