diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c76dc735..a3698a41f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-20  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Don't need memory barriers when using a non-gcc
+	compiler on Windows either.
+
 2008-05-19  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
 	* glib/gdir.c: Include the dirent.h and wdirent.c from
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e9eea5824..6611ee55e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2367,6 +2367,11 @@ if test x"$GCC" = xyes; then
       glib_memory_barrier_needed=yes
       ;;
   esac
+else
+  if test $glib_native_win32 = yes; then
+    # For Windows but not using gcc. No barriers needed then either.
+    glib_memory_barrier_needed=no
+  fi
 fi
 
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