diff --git a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
index e220e2f1..11af7a22 100644
--- a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
+if(MINGW)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(REGX REQUIRED regex)
+    if(REGX_FOUND)
+        include_directories(${REGX_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG )
     find_package( ZLIB REQUIRED )
     include_directories( ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR} )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e8915d8..e83f12b4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ else()
 
     if (CYGWIN OR MINGW)
         target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE  psapi ws2_32 )
+        target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${REGX_LIBRARIES} )
     endif()
 
     target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
@@ -314,6 +315,11 @@ if(EXIV2_BUILD_EXIV2_COMMAND)
     if ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS )
         target_compile_definitions(exiv2 PRIVATE EXV_HAVE_DLL )
     endif()
+    
+    if (MINGW)
+        target_link_libraries( exiv2 PRIVATE ${REGX_LIBRARIES} )
+    endif()
+
     # modify source lists to suit environment
 
     # TODO This should not be needed here! we need to fix the previous TODO