diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/filetools.cpp b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/filetools.cpp
index 7f560f6cd37..238ef7ba155 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/filetools.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/filetools.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2009-2011, International Business Machines
+ *   Copyright (C) 2009-2013, International Business Machines
  *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
  *******************************************************************************
  */
 
+#if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_MINGW
+// *cough* - for struct stat
+#ifdef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #include "filetools.h"
 #include "filestrm.h"
 #include "cstring.h"
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.cpp b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.cpp
index 7c02efc37b1..48f34a0eaea 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 *******************************************************************************
 *
-*   Copyright (C) 1999-2011, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 1999-2013, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *******************************************************************************
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 *   This file contains utility functions for ICU tools like genccode.
 */
 
+#if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_MINGW
+// *cough* - for struct stat
+#ifdef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
@@ -33,6 +40,9 @@
 #   define NOSERVICE
 #   define NOIME
 #   define NOMCX
+#   if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_MINGW
+#     define __NO_MINGW_LFS /* gets around missing 'off64_t' */
+#   endif
 #   include <windows.h>
 #   include <direct.h>
 #else