diff --git a/.sparse/makepkg-git-i686 b/.sparse/makepkg-git-i686
index 40c7d5023a3..0b0705c8ae3 100644
--- a/.sparse/makepkg-git-i686
+++ b/.sparse/makepkg-git-i686
@@ -168,3 +168,6 @@
 # For a functional 32-bit `tclsh` so that git-gui can be built
 /mingw32/bin/wish.exe
 /mingw32/lib/tcl8.6/
+
+# To let MINGW_ARCH=mingw32 work
+/etc/msystem.d/