diff --git a/lib/acl_entries.c b/lib/acl_entries.c
index b78ba18a656..f9619c0f539 100644
--- a/lib/acl_entries.c
+++ b/lib/acl_entries.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ acl_entries (acl_t acl)
            got_one >= 0;
            got_one = acl_get_entry (acl, ACL_NEXT_ENTRY, &ace))
         count++;
-#else /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD >= 10, Cygwin >= 2.5 */
+#elif !defined __MINGW32__ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD >= 10, Cygwin >= 2.5 */
       /* acl_get_entry returns 1 when it successfully fetches an entry,
          and 0 at the end.  */
       acl_entry_t ace;
diff --git a/nt/gnulib-cfg.mk b/nt/gnulib-cfg.mk
index 7b164c1b119..d2f09cf095e 100644
--- a/nt/gnulib-cfg.mk
+++ b/nt/gnulib-cfg.mk
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_futimens = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_getdelim = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_getline = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_inttypes-h-incomplete = true
+OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_issymlink = true
+OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_issymlinkat = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_lchmod = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_malloc-gnu = true
 OMIT_GNULIB_MODULE_malloc-posix = true