diff --git a/expat/CMakeLists.txt b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
index 951df0ed..96ac5daa 100644
--- a/expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ if(FLAG_VISIBILITY)
   add_definitions(-DXML_ENABLE_VISIBILITY=1)
   set(EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS "${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden")
 endif()
+if(MINGW)
+    # Without __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO the compiler produces a false positive
+    set(EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS "${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS} -Wno-pedantic-ms-format")
+endif()
 if (EXPAT_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
     if(MSVC)
         add_definitions(/WX)
diff --git a/expat/configure.ac b/expat/configure.ac
index f26ce6cc..7d60a2c2 100644
--- a/expat/configure.ac
+++ b/expat/configure.ac
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$GCC" = yes],
    AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-fno-strict-aliasing -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes], [AM_CFLAGS])
    AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-pedantic -Wduplicated-cond -Wduplicated-branches -Wlogical-op], [AM_CFLAGS])
    AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wrestrict -Wnull-dereference -Wjump-misses-init -Wdouble-promotion], [AM_CFLAGS])
-   AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wshadow -Wformat=2 -Wmisleading-indentation], [AM_CFLAGS])])
+   AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wshadow -Wformat=2 -Wno-pedantic-ms-format -Wmisleading-indentation], [AM_CFLAGS])])
 
 AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
 AC_PROG_CXX