diff --git a/examples/config.mk b/examples/config.mk
index 351b0815134290cce1d670881be9eb398551288c..18dc8d0cb119c199f5350c0e8cf8b68ec09934df 100644
--- a/examples/config.mk
+++ b/examples/config.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifneq (, ${findstring mingw, ${target_machine}})
+	SHELL = cmd
 	cflag += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1
 	lflag += -lws2_32 -lwsock32
 	sources = ${shell dir /B *.cpp}