diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9011200..0286e98 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ set(PDF2HTMLEX_SRC ${PDF2HTMLEX_SRC}
     src/util/path.cc
     src/util/unicode.h
     src/util/unicode.cc
+    src/util/mingw.h
+    src/util/mingw.cc
     src/ArgParser.h
     src/ArgParser.cc
     src/Base64Stream.h
diff --git a/src/TmpFiles.cc b/src/TmpFiles.cc
index 2ff4956..cecd90d 100644
--- a/src/TmpFiles.cc
+++ b/src/TmpFiles.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #include "TmpFiles.h"
 #include "Param.h"
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#include "util/mingw.h"
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 
 namespace pdf2htmlEX {
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 3963716..9c7282c 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #include "util/path.h"
 #include "util/ffw.h"
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#include "util/mingw.h"
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 using namespace pdf2htmlEX;
 
@@ -335,8 +339,13 @@ void check_param()
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     // We need to adjust these directories before parsing the options.
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+    param.data_dir = get_exec_dir(argv[0]);
+    param.tmp_dir  = get_tmp_dir();
+#else
     param.tmp_dir = "/tmp";
     param.data_dir = PDF2HTMLEX_DATA_PATH;
+#endif
 
     parse_options(argc, argv);
     check_param();
diff --git a/src/util/mingw.cc b/src/util/mingw.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d75be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/mingw.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Win32 specific functions
+ *
+ * by MarcSanfacon
+ * 2014.01.13
+ */
+
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+
+#include "mingw.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+char* mkdtemp(char* temp)
+{
+    char *filename = nullptr;
+    if (temp != nullptr) {
+        filename = mktemp(temp);
+        if (filename != nullptr) {
+            if (_mkdir(temp) != 0) {
+                filename = nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return filename;
+}
+
+namespace pdf2htmlEX {
+string get_exec_dir(char *dir)
+{
+    // Under Windows, the default data_dir is under /data in the pdf2htmlEX directory
+    string s = dirname(dir);
+    if (s == ".") {
+        char* wd(getcwd(nullptr, PATH_MAX));
+        s = wd;
+        free(wd);
+    }
+    s += "/data";
+    return s;
+}
+
+string get_tmp_dir()
+{
+    // Under Windows, the temp path is not under /tmp, find it.
+    char *tmp = getenv("TMP");
+    if (tmp == nullptr) {
+        tmp = getenv("TEMP");
+    }
+
+    return tmp != nullptr ? string(tmp) + "/" : "/";
+}
+
+} // namespace pdf2htmlEX;
+
+#endif //__MINGW32__
+
diff --git a/src/util/mingw.h b/src/util/mingw.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a3b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/mingw.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Win32 specific functions
+ *
+ * by MarcSanfacon
+ * 2014.01.13
+ */
+
+#ifndef MINGW_H__
+#define MINGW_H__
+
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+
+#include <io.h>
+
+char *mkdtemp(char *temp);
+
+#define mkdir(A, B) _mkdir(A)
+#define stat _stat
+
+namespace pdf2htmlEX {
+    std::string     get_exec_dir(char *dir);
+    std::string     get_tmp_dir();
+} // namespace pdf2htmlEX
+
+#endif //__MINGW32__
+
+#endif //MINGW_H__
+
diff --git a/src/util/path.cc b/src/util/path.cc
index e0b1b94..4d451f6 100644
--- a/src/util/path.cc
+++ b/src/util/path.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 #include "path.h"
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#include "util/mingw.h"
+#endif
+
 using std::string;
 
 namespace pdf2htmlEX {