diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 969dfe7..5bedac1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
+#### Common compiler flags.
+#### Flags given here are not intended to be overridden, but you can add more
+#### by defining CFLAGS in the environment or on the 'make' command line.
+
+cc-option = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null \
+	      1>&2 2>/dev/null; then echo $(1); fi)
+
+override CFLAGS :=							\
+	$(CFLAGS) -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -I. -Icommon	\
+	-Wall -Wundef							\
+	$(call cc-option,-Wpedantic)					\
+	$(call cc-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement)			\
+	$(call cc-option,-Wmissing-prototypes)				\
+	$(call cc-option,-Wstrict-prototypes)				\
+	$(call cc-option,-Wvla)
+
+##############################################################################
+
 STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX := .a
 SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX := .so
 PROG_SUFFIX       :=
@@ -31,28 +49,11 @@ ifneq ($(findstring -mingw,$(CC)),)
     PROG_CFLAGS       := -static -municode
     PIC_REQUIRED      :=
     HARD_LINKS        :=
+    override CFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) $(call cc-option,-Wno-pedantic-ms-format)
 endif
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-#### Common compiler flags.
-#### Flags given here are not intended to be overridden, but you can add more
-#### by defining CFLAGS in the environment or on the 'make' command line.
-
-cc-option = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null \
-	      1>&2 2>/dev/null; then echo $(1); fi)
-
-override CFLAGS :=							\
-	$(CFLAGS) -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -I. -Icommon	\
-	-Wall -Wundef							\
-	$(call cc-option,-Wpedantic)					\
-	$(call cc-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement)			\
-	$(call cc-option,-Wmissing-prototypes)				\
-	$(call cc-option,-Wstrict-prototypes)				\
-	$(call cc-option,-Wvla)
-
-##############################################################################
-
 #### Quiet make is enabled by default.  Define V=1 to disable.
 
 ifneq ($(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)),s)