diff -urN a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py	2014-10-11 14:20:02.180858600 +0100
+++ b/setup.py	2014-10-11 14:20:04.365983600 +0100
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
             missing.append('_gdbm')
 
         # Unix-only modules
-        if host_platform != 'win32':
+        if not host_platform.startswith(('mingw', 'win')):
             # Steen Lumholt's termios module
             exts.append( Extension('termios', ['termios.c']) )
             # Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface