diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9eb9ace0..0e123635f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ if(WIN32)
             # Reduce noise (at least for now)
             set(CMAKE_${L}_FLAGS "${CMAKE_${L}_FLAGS} /wd4244 /wd4267")
         endif()
+
+        if(MINGW)
+            set(CMAKE_${L}_FLAGS "${CMAKE_${L}_FLAGS} -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1")
+        endif()
     endforeach()
 endif()
 
@@ -310,7 +314,8 @@ set(THIRD_PARTY_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party)
 if(WIN32)
     tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 event
         PATCH_COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/event2.cmake" "<SOURCE_DIR>/CMakeLists.txt"
-              COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E chdir "<SOURCE_DIR>" patch -p1 -i "${THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/event2-01-win32.patch")
+              COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E chdir "<SOURCE_DIR>" patch -p1 -i "${THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/event2-01-win32.patch"
+              COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E chdir "<SOURCE_DIR>" patch -p1 -i "${THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/event2-02-win32.patch")
 else()
     tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 event
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
diff --git a/third-party/event2-02-win32.patch b/third-party/event2-02-win32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df40db46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third-party/event2-02-win32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/evutil.c b/evutil.c
+--- a/evutil.c
++++ b/evutil.c
+@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
+ 	int r;
+ 	if (!buflen)
+ 		return 0;
+-#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(WIN32)
++#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1900) || (defined(WIN32) && (!defined(__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO) || (__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO + 0) == 0))
+ 	r = _vsnprintf(buf, buflen, format, ap);
+ 	if (r < 0)
+ 		r = _vscprintf(format, ap);