diff --git a/glib/meson.build b/glib/meson.build
index 410669dce..a97d11f6c 100644
--- a/glib/meson.build
+++ b/glib/meson.build
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ libglib = library('glib-2.0',
   soversion : soversion,
   install : true,
   # intl.lib is not compatible with SAFESEH
-  link_args : [noseh_link_args, glib_link_flags],
+  link_args : [noseh_link_args, glib_link_flags, win32_ldflags],
   include_directories : configinc,
   link_with : [charset_lib, gnulib_lib],
   dependencies : [pcre, thread_dep, libintl, librt] + libiconv + platform_deps,
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ libglib_dep = declare_dependency(
   include_directories : [configinc, glibinc])
 
 pkg.generate(libraries : [libglib, libintl],
-  libraries_private : [osx_ldflags],
+  libraries_private : [osx_ldflags, win32_ldflags],
   subdirs : ['glib-2.0'],
-  extra_cflags : ['-I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include'],
+  extra_cflags : ['-I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include'] + win32_cflags,
   variables : ['bindir=' + join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('bindir')),
                'glib_genmarshal=' + join_paths('${bindir}', 'glib-genmarshal'),
                'gobject_query=' + join_paths('${bindir}', 'gobject-query'),
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f82a75a13..511b0393d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1765,7 +1765,22 @@ if libmount_dep.length() != 0
   glib_conf.set('HAVE_LIBMOUNT', 1)
 endif
 glib_conf.set('GIO_MODULE_DIR', glib_giomodulesdir)
-# FIXME: Missing: @G_LIBS_EXTRA@ @GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS@ @G_MODULE_LDFLAGS@
+# FIXME: Missing: @G_MODULE_LDFLAGS@
+
+win32_cflags = []
+win32_ldflags = []
+if host_system == 'windows' and cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
+  # Ensure MSVC-compatible struct packing convention is used when
+  # compiling for Win32 with gcc. It is used for the whole project and exposed
+  # in glib-2.0.pc.
+  win32_cflags = ['-mms-bitfields']
+  add_project_arguments(win32_cflags, language : 'c')
+
+  # Win32 API libs, used only by libglib and exposed in glib-2.0.pc
+  win32_ldflags = ['-lws2_32', '-lole32', '-lwinmm', '-lshlwapi']
+elif host_system == 'cygwin'
+  win32_ldflags = ['-luser32', '-lkernel32']
+endif
 
 # Tracing: dtrace
 want_dtrace = get_option('dtrace')