diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index 92f4c11c..860aaaf5 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 #  include <io.h>
 # endif
 // In order to avoid having to include <windows.h>, use forward declaration
-#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
+#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW && !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR)
 // MinGW defined _CRITICAL_SECTION and _RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION as two
 // separate (equivalent) structs, instead of using typedef
 typedef struct _CRITICAL_SECTION GTEST_CRITICAL_SECTION;
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest-port_test.cc b/googletest/test/gtest-port_test.cc
index 05f8821e..c5067a40 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest-port_test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest-port_test.cc
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ TEST(WindowsTypesTest, HANDLEIsVoidStar) {
   StaticAssertTypeEq<HANDLE, void*>();
 }
 
-#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
+#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW && !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR)
 TEST(WindowsTypesTest, _CRITICAL_SECTIONIs_CRITICAL_SECTION) {
   StaticAssertTypeEq<CRITICAL_SECTION, _CRITICAL_SECTION>();
 }