diff --git a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
index 92fd1b81bf1..2f370d2b873 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ifneq ($(shell which $(host)-g++-posix),)
+ifneq ($(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v $(host)-g++-posix"),)
 mingw32_CXX := $(host)-g++-posix
 endif