diff -Naur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac --- a/configure.ac 2014-05-20 00:56:41.410000000 +0400 +++ b/configure.ac 2014-05-20 00:57:00.036400000 +0400 @@ -2479,10 +2479,19 @@ fi # check if we need libintl for locale functions +case $host in + *-*-mingw*) + dnl Native windows build don't use libintl (see _localemodule.c). + dnl Also we don't like setup.py to add "intl" library to the list + dnl when build _locale module. + ;; + *) AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, textdomain, [AC_DEFINE(WITH_LIBINTL, 1, [Define to 1 if libintl is needed for locale functions.]) LIBS="-lintl $LIBS"]) + ;; +esac # checks for system dependent C++ extensions support case "$ac_sys_system" in diff -Naur a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c --- a/Modules/_localemodule.c 2014-05-19 09:19:39.000000000 +0400 +++ b/Modules/_localemodule.c 2014-05-20 00:57:00.083200000 +0400 @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN #include "Python.h" +#ifdef __MINGW32__ +/* The header libintl.h and library libintl may exist on mingw host. + * To be compatible with MSVC build we has to undef some defines. + */ +#undef HAVE_LIBINTL_H +#undef HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET +#endif #include #include