diff --git a/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.h b/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.h
index 087319398da..54cee8fe64d 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.h
+++ b/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #ifndef WASM_API_EXTERN
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 #define WASM_API_EXTERN __declspec(dllimport)
 #else
 #define WASM_API_EXTERN
diff --git a/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.hh b/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.hh
index f0b3ee21a78..a344e240adc 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.hh
+++ b/lib/c-api/tests/wasm-c-api/include/wasm.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #ifndef WASM_API_EXTERN
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 #define WASM_API_EXTERN __declspec(dllimport)
 #else
 #define WASM_API_EXTERN