diff -urN a/Python/random.c b/Python/random.c
--- a/Python/random.c	2014-10-11 14:18:53.000901800 +0100
+++ b/Python/random.c	2014-10-11 14:18:55.599050400 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #include "Python.h"
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #include <windows.h>
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+/* NOTE: All sample MSDN wincrypt programs include header below as it
+ * is required to ensure that application could be build properly in
+ * all cases. */
+#  include <wincrypt.h>
+#endif
 #else
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H