diff --git a/vvp/config.h.in b/vvp/config.h.in
index f21883dbe..3aac6a4c5 100644
--- a/vvp/config.h.in
+++ b/vvp/config.h.in
@@ -195,4 +195,16 @@ inline int64_t i64round(double x)
 #define TU ""
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+# include  <string.h>
+static inline char*strndup(const char*s, size_t n)
+{
+      if (strlen(s) < n) return strdup(s);
+      char*tmp = (char*)malloc(n);
+      strncpy(tmp, s, n);
+      tmp[n-1] = 0;
+      return tmp;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* IVL_config_H */
diff --git a/vvp/vpi_modules.cc b/vvp/vpi_modules.cc
index 24fa2a309..e91bebe0a 100644
--- a/vvp/vpi_modules.cc
+++ b/vvp/vpi_modules.cc
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ void vpip_add_env_and_default_module_paths()
       s = strrchr(basepath, '\\');
       if (s) *s = 0;
       else {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Missing first \\ in exe path!\n", argv[0]);
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Missing first \\ in exe path!\n", tmp);
 	    exit(1);
       }
       s = strrchr(basepath, '\\');
       if (s) *s = 0;
       else {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Missing second \\ in exe path!\n", argv[0]);
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Missing second \\ in exe path!\n", tmp);
 	    exit(1);
       }
       strcat(s, "\\lib\\ivl" IVL_SUFFIX);