diff --git a/src/c/unixfsys.d b/src/c/unixfsys.d
index 34d1c82ad..bbd9cc75b 100644
--- a/src/c/unixfsys.d
+++ b/src/c/unixfsys.d
@@ -547,12 +547,12 @@ ecl_homedir_pathname(cl_object user)
 		FEerror("Unknown user ~S.", 1, p);
 	} else if ((h = getenv("HOME"))) {
 		namestring = make_base_string_copy(h);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(ming32)
 	} else if ((h = getenv("HOMEPATH")) && (d = getenv("HOMEDRIVE"))) {
 		namestring =
 			si_base_string_concatenate(2,
-						   make_constant_base_string(h),
-						   make_constant_base_string(d));
+						   make_constant_base_string(d),
+						   make_constant_base_string(h));
 #endif
 	} else {
 		namestring = make_constant_base_string("/");