diff --git a/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh b/contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+./configure \
+  --without-cpp \
+  --without-java \
+  --without-csharp \
+  --without-python \
+  --without-ruby \
+  --without-perl \
+  --without-php \
+  --without-erlang \
+  --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
+  --host=i586-mingw32msvc \
+  CPPFLAGS='-DMINGW'
+
+make
+
+# Check two locations to be compatible with libtool 1.5.26 or 2.2.6b.
+if test -f compiler/cpp/.libs/thrift.exe
+  then cp compiler/cpp/.libs/thrift.exe ./thrift.exe
+  else cp compiler/cpp/thrift.exe ./thrift.exe
+fi
+i586-mingw32msvc-strip ./thrift.exe
+echo
+ls -l ./thrift.exe