diff --git a/build-mingw b/build-mingw
index 873e49e1..0f5c0116 100644
--- a/build-mingw
+++ b/build-mingw
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/sdl-1.2.14/include"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/sdl-image-1.2.10/include"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/sdl-mixer-1.2.11/include"
 
+# Glew include path
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/glew-1.6.0/include"
+
 # GTK include path
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/gtk-2.22.1/lib/glib-2.0/include"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I`pwd`/contrib/gtk-2.22.1/lib/gtk-2.0/include"
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/sdl-1.2.14/lib"
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/sdl-image-1.2.10/lib"
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/sdl-mixer-1.2.11/lib"
 
+# Glew library path
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/glew-1.6.0/lib"
+
 # GTK library path
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/gtk-2.22.1/lib"
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/contrib/gtk-2.22.1/bin"
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ GTK_LIBS="$GTK_LIBS -lgtkgl-2.0 -lopengl32 -lgdi32"
 GTK_LIBS="$GTK_LIBS -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0"
 GTK_LIBS="$GTK_LIBS -lglib-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lgobject-2.0"
 
-LOL_LIBS="$LOL_LIBS -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDLmain -lSDL -lopengl32"
+LOL_LIBS="$LOL_LIBS -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDLmain -lSDL -lopengl32 -lglew32"
 
 # Bootstrap, configure and make
 ./bootstrap 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4433c9d1..194393c7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(GL/gl.h,
    [glLoadIdentity();],
    [ac_cv_my_have_gl="yes"
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GL_2X, 1, Define to 1 if GL 2.x is available) # FIXME: hacky
-    AC_MSG_RESULT("yes")
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
     GL_LIBS="-lopengl32"],
-   [AC_MSG_RESULT("no")])
+   [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
   LIBS="$LIBS_save"])
 if test "${ac_cv_my_have_gl}" = "no"; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([[No OpenGL or OpenGL ES implementation found]])
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ fi
 dnl Use Glew?
 ac_cv_my_have_glew="no"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLEW, glew, [ac_cv_my_have_glew="yes"], [:])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(GL/glew.h,
+ [LIBS_save="$LIBS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS -lglew32"
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for glewInit in -lglew32)
+  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <GL/glew.h>],
+   [glewInit();],
+   [ac_cv_my_have_glew="yes"
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+   [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
+  LIBS="$LIBS_save"])
 if test "${ac_cv_my_have_glew}" != "no"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GLES_2X, 1, Define to 1 if GLES 2.x is available)
   AC_DEFINE(USE_GLEW, 1, Define to 1 to use libglew)