diff --git a/.github/workflows/distcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/distcheck.yml
index afa302b..16ed804 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distcheck.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,33 @@ jobs:
         run: ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 make -j $JOBS check
       - name: Distcheck
         run: make -j $JOBS distcheck
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup MSYS2
+        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: MINGW64
+          update: true
+          install: >-
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-autotools
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config
+            autoconf
+            automake
+            make
+      - name: Configure
+        run: |
+          autoreconf -i
+          ./configure --enable-debug
 
+      - name: Check
+        run: make -j $JOBS check
+      - name: Distcheck
+        run: make -j $JOBS distcheck
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9cdf901..750d2c6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign subdir-objects
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) -iquote$(top_builddir)/m4ri
 AM_CFLAGS=${SIMD_FLAGS} ${OPENMP_CFLAGS} ${DEBUG_FLAGS} ${LIBPNG_CFLAGS}
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libm4ri.la
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST=m4ri/Doxyfile
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = m4ri.pc
 
-libm4ri_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LT_VERSION@ -no-undefined
+libm4ri_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LT_VERSION@ -no-undefined @M4RI_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS_LDFLAGS@
 libm4ri_la_LIBADD = $(LIBPNG_LIBADD) $(LIBM)
 
 SUBDIRS = . tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4812ae..6d6adbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ M4RI is a library for fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F2. The name M4RI
 
 * preliminary support for parallelisation on shared memory systems via OpenMP;
 
-* and support for Linux, Solaris, and OS X (GCC).
+* and support for Linux, Solaris, and OS X (GCC). Support for Windows (MSYS2/MinGW) is provided on a best effort basis and may disappear any time.
 
 See [Further Reading](https://bitbucket.org/malb/m4ri/wiki/Further%20Reading) for implemented algorithms.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 05c4a3e..61d6d28 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(m4ri/brilliantrussian.c)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc])
 
 dnl Include maintainer mode targets.
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ fi
 LT_LIB_M
 AC_SUBST(LIBM)
 
+# Check for MinGW to add specific linker flags for DLL symbol exporting
+case "$host_os" in
+  mingw*)
+    M4RI_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS_LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-all-symbols"
+    M4RI_INSTALL_FLAGS="-no-fast-install"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    M4RI_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS_LDFLAGS=""
+    M4RI_INSTALL_FLAGS="-no-install"
+    ;;
+esac
+AC_SUBST(M4RI_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS_LDFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(M4RI_INSTALL_FLAGS)
+
 # SSE2 support
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([sse2],
         AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-sse2], [don't use SSE2 instruction set.]),
diff --git a/m4/ax_cache_size.m4 b/m4/ax_cache_size.m4
index c30c7e8..72754bb 100644
--- a/m4/ax_cache_size.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_cache_size.m4
@@ -61,19 +61,19 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CACHE_SIZE],
         #Or use CPUID
 	AX_GCC_X86_CPUID(0x80000000)
 	cpu_exthigh=`echo $ax_cv_gcc_x86_cpuid_0x80000000 | cut -d ":" -f 1`
-	if test "x$cpu_exthi" > "x80000004"; then
+	if test "x$cpu_exthi" \> "x80000004"; then
           AX_GCC_X86_CPUID(0x80000005) # For L1 cache
           l1_hexval=`echo $ax_cv_gcc_x86_cpuid_0x80000005 | cut -d ":" -f 4`
           ax_l1_size=$((0x$l1_hexval >> 24))
         fi
 
-	if test "x$cpu_exthi" > "x80000005"; then
+	if test "x$cpu_exthi" \> "x80000005"; then
           AX_GCC_X86_CPUID(0x80000006) # For L2 cache
           l2_hexval=`echo $ax_cv_gcc_x86_cpuid_0x80000006 | cut -d ":" -f 3`
           ax_l2_size=$((0x$l2_hexval >> 16))
         fi
 
-	if test "x$cpu_exthi" > "x80000005"; then
+	if test "x$cpu_exthi" \> "x80000005"; then
           AX_GCC_X86_CPUID(0x80000006) # For L3 cache
           l2_hexval=`echo $ax_cv_gcc_x86_cpuid_0x80000006 | cut -d ":" -f 4`
           ax_l2_size=$((0x$l2_hexval >> 18))*512
diff --git a/m4ri/io.c b/m4ri/io.c
index f172f23..92b8bd6 100644
--- a/m4ri/io.c
+++ b/m4ri/io.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "m4ri_config.h"
+#include <inttypes.h>
 
 #if __M4RI_HAVE_LIBPNG
 #include <png.h>
@@ -299,40 +300,39 @@ mzd_t *mzd_from_jcf(const char *fn, int verbose) {
   FILE *fh   = fopen(fn, "r");
 
   rci_t m, n;
-  long p       = 0;
-  long nonzero = 0;
+  int p       = 0;
+  int64_t nonzero = 0;
 
   if (!fh) {
     if (verbose) printf("Could not open file '%s' for reading\n", fn);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  if (fscanf(fh, "%d %d %ld\n%ld\n\n", &m, &n, &p, &nonzero) != 4) {
+  if (fscanf(fh, "%d %d %d\n%" SCNd64 "\n\n", &m, &n, &p, &nonzero) != 4) {
     if (verbose) printf("File '%s' does not seem to be in JCF format.", fn);
     retval = 1;
     goto from_jcf_close_fh;
   }
 
   if (p != 2) {
-    if (verbose) printf("Expected p==2 but found p==%ld\n", p);
+    if (verbose) printf("Expected p==2 but found p==%d\n", p);
     retval = 1;
     goto from_jcf_close_fh;
   }
 
   if (verbose)
-    printf("reading %lu x %lu matrix with at most %ld non-zero entries (density at most: %6.5f)\n",
-           (unsigned long)m, (unsigned long)n, (unsigned long)nonzero,
-           ((double)nonzero) / ((double)m * n));
+    printf("reading %d x %d matrix with at most %" PRId64 " non-zero entries (density at most: %6.5f)\n",
+           m, n, nonzero, ((double)nonzero) / ((double)m * n));
 
   A = mzd_init(m, n);
 
-  long i = -1;
-  long j = 0;
+  rci_t i = -1;
+  rci_t j = 0;
 
-  while (fscanf(fh, "%ld\n", &j) == 1) {
+  while (fscanf(fh, "%d\n", &j) == 1) {
     if (j < 0) { i++, j = -j; }
     if (((j - 1) >= n) || (i >= m))
-      m4ri_die("trying to write to (%ld,%ld) in %ld x %ld matrix\n", i, j - 1, m, n);
+      m4ri_die("trying to write to (%d,%d) in %d x %d matrix\n", i, j - 1, m, n);
     mzd_write_bit(A, i, j - 1, 1);
   };
 
diff --git a/m4ri/m4ri_config.h.in b/m4ri/m4ri_config.h.in
index 6e248ec..64214fa 100644
--- a/m4ri/m4ri_config.h.in
+++ b/m4ri/m4ri_config.h.in
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@
 #define __M4RI_ENABLE_MZD_CACHE         @M4RI_ENABLE_MZD_CACHE@
 #define __M4RI_ENABLE_MMC               @M4RI_ENABLE_MMC@
 
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__)
+#define random rand
+#define srandom srand
+#endif
+
 #endif // M4RI_M4RI_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/m4ri/misc.h b/m4ri/misc.h
index 4697716..99fd6bb 100644
--- a/m4ri/misc.h
+++ b/m4ri/misc.h
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static inline word m4ri_spread_bits(word const from, rci_t *const Q, int const l
  * \param n
  */
 
-#define __M4RI_ALIGNMENT(addr, n) (((unsigned long)(addr)) % (n))
+#define __M4RI_ALIGNMENT(addr, n) (((uintptr_t)(addr)) % (n))
 
 /**
  * \brief Test for gcc >= maj.min, as per __GNUC_PREREQ in glibc
diff --git a/m4ri/mzd.h b/m4ri/mzd.h
index b4a644a..3f2a264 100644
--- a/m4ri/mzd.h
+++ b/m4ri/mzd.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static inline void mzd_row_add_offset(mzd_t *M, rci_t dstrow, rci_t srcrow, rci_
     /* Now wide > 1 */
     __m128i *__src     = (__m128i *)src;
     __m128i *__dst     = (__m128i *)dst;
-    __m128i *const eof = (__m128i *)((unsigned long)(src + wide) & ~0xFUL);
+    __m128i *const eof = (__m128i *)((uintptr_t)(src + wide) & ~(uintptr_t)0xF);
     do {
       __m128i xmm1 = _mm_xor_si128(*__dst, *__src);
       *__dst++     = xmm1;
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ static inline void mzd_combine_even_in_place(mzd_t *A, rci_t const a_row, wi_t c
     if (__M4RI_ALIGNMENT(a, 16) == 0 && __M4RI_ALIGNMENT(b, 16) == 0) {
       __m128i *a128      = (__m128i *)a;
       __m128i *b128      = (__m128i *)b;
-      const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((unsigned long)(a + wide) & ~0xFUL);
+      const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((uintptr_t)(a + wide) & ~(uintptr_t)0xF);
 
       do {
         *a128 = _mm_xor_si128(*a128, *b128);
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static inline void mzd_combine_even(mzd_t *C, rci_t const c_row, wi_t const c_st
       __m128i *a128      = (__m128i *)a;
       __m128i *b128      = (__m128i *)b;
       __m128i *c128      = (__m128i *)c;
-      const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((unsigned long)(a + wide) & ~0xFUL);
+      const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((uintptr_t)(a + wide) & ~(uintptr_t)0xF);
 
       do {
         *c128 = _mm_xor_si128(*a128, *b128);
diff --git a/m4ri/xor.h b/m4ri/xor.h
index c0d302a..c4ae344 100644
--- a/m4ri/xor.h
+++ b/m4ri/xor.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline void _mzd_combine(word *c, word const *t1, wi_t wide_in) {
 
   __m128i *__c       = (__m128i *)c;
   __m128i *__t1      = (__m128i *)t1;
-  const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((unsigned long)(c + wide) & ~0xFUL);
+  const __m128i *eof = (__m128i *)((uintptr_t)(c + wide) & ~(uintptr_t)0xF);
   __m128i xmm1;
 
   while (__c < eof - 1) {
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 21d0b64..b075991 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ TOPSRCDIR = $(srcdir)/..
 TOPBUILDDIR = $(builddir)/..
 DEFINES =
 # include TOPBUILDIR for m4ri_config.h
-AM_CFLAGS = -I$(TOPSRCDIR) -I$(TOPBUILDDIR) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 $(DEFINES) @OPENMP_CFLAGS@ @PAPI_CFLAGS@ @LIBPNG_CFLAGS@
+AM_CFLAGS = -I$(TOPSRCDIR) -I$(TOPBUILDDIR) -iquote$(TOPBUILDDIR)/m4ri -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 $(DEFINES) @OPENMP_CFLAGS@ @PAPI_CFLAGS@ @LIBPNG_CFLAGS@
 
 STAGEDIR := $(realpath -s $(TOPBUILDDIR)/.libs)
-AM_LDFLAGS = -L$(STAGEDIR) -Wl,-rpath,$(STAGEDIR) -lm4ri $(LIBM) @PAPI_LDFLAGS@ @PAPI_LIBS@ -no-install
+AM_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-rpath,$(STAGEDIR) $(LIBM) @PAPI_LDFLAGS@ @PAPI_LIBS@ @M4RI_INSTALL_FLAGS@
+
+LDADD = $(TOPBUILDDIR)/libm4ri.la
 
 test_smallops_SOURCES = test_smallops.c testing.c testing.h