diff --git a/c++/internal.h b/c++/internal.h
index 3066e72..1f6b4a6 100644
--- a/c++/internal.h
+++ b/c++/internal.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // * This makes emacs happy -*-Mode: C++;-*-
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *   Author: Juergen Pfeifer, 1997                                          *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-// $Id: internal.h,v 1.16 2008/10/25 21:35:44 tom Exp $
+// $Id: internal.h,v 1.18 2012/02/23 10:41:56 tom Exp $
 
 #ifndef NCURSES_CPLUS_INTERNAL_H
 #define NCURSES_CPLUS_INTERNAL_H 1
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 #define MODULE_ID(id) /*nothing*/
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#include <nc_mingw.h>
+#undef KEY_EVENT
+#endif
+
 #ifndef _QNX_SOURCE
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -57,4 +62,6 @@
 #define NULL 0
 #endif
 
+#include <nc_string.h>
+
 #endif /* NCURSES_CPLUS_INTERNAL_H */