diff --git a/uisimulator/win32/uisw32.rc b/uisimulator/win32/uisw32.rc
index 641969cbab..379b76ecb1 100644
--- a/uisimulator/win32/uisw32.rc
+++ b/uisimulator/win32/uisw32.rc
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 // Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
 //
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+ #include "afxres.h"   
+#endif
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS