diff --git a/autoconf/m4/bzip.m4 b/autoconf/m4/bzip.m4
index 882f3987b2..1d41610384 100644
--- a/autoconf/m4/bzip.m4
+++ b/autoconf/m4/bzip.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 AC_DEFUN([SM_BZIP],
 [
         AC_REQUIRE([SM_STATIC])
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(bz2, BZ2_bzCompressInit, have_bzip=yes, have_bzip=no)
+		
+dnl		# XXX: AC_CHECK_LIB doesn't work correctly on MinGW for BZip.
+dnl		# Hardcoding it because I'm so fed up with this shit.
+		if test "$host_os" != "mingw32"; then
+			AC_CHECK_LIB(bz2, BZ2_bzCompressInit, have_bzip=yes, have_bzip=no)
+		fi
         AC_CHECK_HEADER(bzlib.h, have_bzip_header=yes, have_bzip_header=no)
         AC_ARG_WITH(static-bzip, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-static-bzip],[Statically link bzip]), with_static_bzip=$withval, with_static_bzip=no)