diff --git a/utils/imxtools/scsitools/README.win32 b/utils/imxtools/scsitools/README.win32
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1288850b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/imxtools/scsitools/README.win32
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This tool can be compiled under Windows with MinGW and the Windows port of sg3_util.
+Everything runs unmodified with MSYS except perhaps for
+- the library in which case you might have to change the LDFLAGS in Makefile to:
+LDFLAGS=/usr/local/lib/libsgutils2.a
+- the include directory in which case you might have to change the DEFINES in Makefile to:
+DEFINES=-I/usr/local/include
diff --git a/utils/imxtools/scsitools/scsitool.c b/utils/imxtools/scsitools/scsitool.c
index 5fe3f6fa8a..c534667f05 100644
--- a/utils/imxtools/scsitools/scsitool.c
+++ b/utils/imxtools/scsitools/scsitool.c
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
+#endif
 #include <scsi/sg_lib.h>
 #include <scsi/sg_pt.h>
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "stmp_scsi.h"
 
+/* the windows port doesn't have scsi.h and GOOD */
+#ifndef GOOD
+#define GOOD                 0x00
+#endif
+
 bool g_debug = false;
 bool g_force = false;
 int g_dev_fd = 0;
diff --git a/utils/nwztools/scsitools/scsitool.c b/utils/nwztools/scsitools/scsitool.c
index ba4a1475bc..7e2dcd9967 100644
--- a/utils/nwztools/scsitools/scsitool.c
+++ b/utils/nwztools/scsitools/scsitool.c
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
+#endif
 #include <scsi/sg_lib.h>
 #include <scsi/sg_pt.h>
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "para_noise.h"
 
+/* the windows port doesn't have scsi.h and GOOD */
+#ifndef GOOD
+#define GOOD                 0x00
+#endif
+
 bool g_debug = false;
 bool g_force = false;
 char *g_out_prefix = NULL;