diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c4fa23bace0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, aterm}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "stratego-libraries-0.17";
+  src =
+    fetchurl {
+      url = http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/martin/stratego-libraries.tar.gz;
+      md5 = "e99ce18179400c8ef373e8e668a4c576";
+    };
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig aterm];
+
+  configureFlags =
+    if stdenv ? isMinGW && stdenv.isMinGW then "--with-std=C99" else "";
+
+  # avoids loads of warnings about too big description fields because of a broken debug format
+  CFLAGS =
+    if stdenv ? isMinGW && stdenv.isMinGW then "-O2" else null;
+
+  # MinGW bootstrap pkg-config does not support the pkg-config setup-hook yet.
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH = aterm + "/lib/pkgconfig";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
index 8bfb40e386eb..1813c4feb76c 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ let {
   stdenvFinal =
     let {
       body =
-        stdenv // mkDerivationFun // { inherit fetchurl; };
+        stdenv // mkDerivationFun // {
+          inherit fetchurl;
+          pkgconfig = pkgconfigBin;
+        };
 
       shell =
         msys + /bin/sh + ".exe";
@@ -202,6 +205,12 @@ let {
       inherit fetchurl;
     };
 
+  pkgconfigBin =
+    (import ./pkgs).pkgconfigBin {
+      stdenv = stdenvInit3;
+      inherit fetchurl;
+    };
+
   /**
    * Source packages, based on stdenvInit3
    */
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/fix-builder.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/fix-builder.sh
index 42c41dc3283b..70ec712f9077 100755
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/fix-builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/fix-builder.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if test -z "$out"; then
   succeedOnFailure=$SUCCEEDONFAILURE
   patches=$PATCHES
   doCheck=$DOCHECK
+  configureFlags=$CONFIGUREFLAGS
 fi
 
 source $@
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
index fb4fb10cbc25..d778c5f9a19c 100755
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -114,6 +114,26 @@ rec {
         };
     };
 
+  /**
+   * We need a binary pkg-config to bootstrap the compilation of
+   * glib and pkg-config: pkg-config needs glib, glib needs pkg-config.
+   *
+   * This tarball contains pkg-config and all its dependencies. Once we
+   * have bootstrapped pkg-config we really need to use a statically linked
+   * pkg-config (and provide this .exe at the web: it is really missing
+   * on the web).
+   */
+  pkgconfigBin =  {stdenv, fetchurl} :
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "pkg-config-0.20";
+      builder = ./bin-builder.sh;
+      src =
+        fetchurl {
+          url = http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/martin/pkg-config-0.20-bin.tar.gz;
+          md5 = "71f9595a022619b8e8b0f7853790c4c7";
+        };
+    };
+
   /*
   pkgs.coreutils
   pkgs.findutils
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c8cd39b1ed01..f46f6c783462 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -512,9 +512,14 @@ rec {
     m4 = gnum4;
   };
 
-  pkgconfig = (import ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-  };
+  /**
+   * pkgconfig is optionally taken from the stdenv to allow bootstrapping
+   * of glib and pkgconfig itself on MinGW.
+   */
+  pkgconfig = useFromStdenv (stdenv ? pkgconfig) stdenv.pkgconfig
+    (import ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig {
+      inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    });
 
   pkgconfig017x = (import ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.17.2.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
@@ -856,6 +861,10 @@ rec {
     stdenv = overrideInStdenv stdenv [gnumake380];
   };
 
+  strategoLibraries = (import ../development/compilers/strategoxt/libraries/stratego-libraries-0.17pre.nix) {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig aterm;
+  };
+
   strategoxtUtils = (import ../development/compilers/strategoxt/utils) {
     inherit fetchurl pkgconfig stdenv aterm sdf strategoxt;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/mingw.nix b/pkgs/top-level/mingw.nix
index 87f85b2d850b..6c744bfd8612 100755
--- a/pkgs/top-level/mingw.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/mingw.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,23 @@ let {
     };
 
   body = {
-    inherit (pkgs) zlib getopt realCurl aterm pkgconfig_latest;
-    inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs28) glib;
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      aterm
+      getopt
+      pkgconfig
+      realCurl
+      strategoLibraries
+      zlib;
+#    inherit profileTest;
   };
+
+#  profileTest =
+#    pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+#      name = "profile-test";
+#      src = ./char-test.c;
+#      builder = ./profile-builder.sh;
+#      strlib = pkgs.strategoLibraries;
+#      aterm = pkgs.aterm;
+#      buildInputs = [pkgs.aterm pkgs.strategoLibraries];
+#    };
 }