diff -ur pstoedit-3.62.orig/src/lexyy.cpp pstoedit-3.62/src/lexyy.cpp
--- pstoedit-3.62.orig/src/lexyy.cpp	2014-07-25 09:19:14 -0400
+++ pstoedit-3.62/src/lexyy.cpp	2014-07-25 09:20:00 -0400
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* First, we deal with  platform-specific or compiler-specific issues. */
+#include "cppcomp.h"
 
 /* begin standard C headers. */
 #include <stdio.h>
diff -ur pstoedit-3.70.orig/src/fillpoly.cpp pstoedit-3.70/src/fillpoly.cpp
--- pstoedit-3.70.orig/src/fillpoly.cpp	2015-06-13 07:21:31.042850400 -0400
+++ pstoedit-3.70/src/fillpoly.cpp	2015-06-13 07:28:44.826540800 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* this file is taken from the hp2xx project (http://www.gnu.org/software/hp2xx/hp2xx.html) 
    and slightly adapted to fit into pstoedit s framework */ 
-
+#include "cppcomp.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff -ur pstoedit-3.70.orig/src/drvwmf.cpp pstoedit-3.70/src/drvwmf.cpp
--- pstoedit-3.70.orig/src/drvwmf.cpp	2015-06-13 08:02:48.035020200 -0400
+++ pstoedit-3.70/src/drvwmf.cpp	2015-06-13 08:03:33.555528400 -0400
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
 */
+#include "cppcomp.h"
+
 #include "drvwmf.h"
 
 #include I_string_h
diff -ur pstoedit-3.75.orig/src/cppcomp.h pstoedit-3.75/src/cppcomp.h
--- pstoedit-3.75.orig/src/cppcomp.h	2020-05-29 11:11:05.064392865 -0400
+++ pstoedit-3.75/src/cppcomp.h	2020-05-29 11:20:09.056541850 -0400
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
 
 //{
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 // for MS VS 8 (== cl version 14) we can use the new secure *_s string functions
 // for other systems we have to "emulate" them
 #define TARGETWITHLEN(str,len) str,len