diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/mingw-w64/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/mingw-w64/common.nix
index ece2586dc806..05f2fbe5a866 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/windows/mingw-w64/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/windows/mingw-w64/common.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ rec {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-v${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0p01vm5kx1ixc08402z94g1alip4vx66gjpvyi9maqyqn2a76h0c";
   };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-idl"
+    "--enable-secure-api"
+  ];
 }