diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index cdfb606f010ba4..2ebb82feb9f1b2 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME = fallthrough
 	USE_LIBPCRE = YesPlease
-	USE_NED_ALLOCATOR = YesPlease
+	USE_MIMALLOC = YesPlease
 	NO_PYTHON =
         ifeq (/mingw64,$(subst 32,64,$(prefix)))
 		# Move system config into top-level /etc/