diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1afe0de..1174571 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 /ltmain.sh
 /missing
 /stamp-h1
+/test/status.html
 /test/cpp/StressTest
 /test/cpp/StressTestNonBlocking
 /test/cpp/TestClient
diff --git a/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh b/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh
index 54cd852..7ed5d47 100755
--- a/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh
+++ b/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 ./configure \
   --disable-libs \
   --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
-  --host=i586-mingw32msvc
+  --host=i586-mingw32msvc \
+  CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++
 
 make