diff --git a/doc/print_options.c b/doc/print_options.c
index ec8d839939..b225e69dee 100644
--- a/doc/print_options.c
+++ b/doc/print_options.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <float.h>
 
+// print_options is build for the host, os_support.h isnt needed and is setup
+// for the target. without this build breaks on mingw
+#define AVFORMAT_OS_SUPPORT_H
+
 #include "libavformat/avformat.h"
 #include "libavformat/options_table.h"
 #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"