diff --git a/build/mingw/mingw-fetch-dependencies.sh b/build/mingw/mingw-fetch-dependencies.sh
index 64f1ed872..b90bae670 100755
--- a/build/mingw/mingw-fetch-dependencies.sh
+++ b/build/mingw/mingw-fetch-dependencies.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ GL_HEADER_URLS=( \
 
 GL_HEADERS=( gl.h glext.h );
 
+CONFIG_GUESS_URL="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/config.guess"
+
 function download_file ()
 {
     local url="$1"; shift;
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ for dep in "${GL_HEADER_URLS[@]}"; do
     download_file "$dep" "$bn";
 done;
 
+download_file "$CONFIG_GUESS_URL" "config.guess";
+
 ##
 # Extract files
 ##
@@ -325,6 +329,8 @@ chmod a+x "$RUN_PKG_CONFIG";
 
 find_compiler;
 
+build_config=`bash $DOWNLOAD_DIR/config.guess`;
+
 echo
 echo "Done!"
 echo
@@ -333,7 +339,7 @@ echo
 echo "To get started, you should be able to configure and build from"
 echo "the top of your cogl source directory as follows:"
 echo
-echo "./configure --host=\"$TARGET\" --target=\"$TARGET\" --build=\"\`./build/config.guess\`\" --enable-wgl CFLAGS=\"-mms-bitfields -I$ROOT_DIR/include\" PKG_CONFIG=\"$RUN_PKG_CONFIG\"" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
+echo "./configure --host=\"$TARGET\" --target=\"$TARGET\" --build=\"$build_config\" --enable-wgl CFLAGS=\"-mms-bitfields -I$ROOT_DIR/include\" PKG_CONFIG=\"$RUN_PKG_CONFIG\"" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
 echo "make"
 echo
 echo "Note: the explicit --build option is often necessary to ensure autoconf"