diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 06c5824..ae6d555 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func validateEnvironment() error {
 		// Confirm it is MinGW 64
 		if byts, err := exec.Command("uname", "-a").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("This has to be run in a MSYS or MinGW shell, uname failed: %v", err)
-		} else if !bytes.HasPrefix(byts, []byte("MINGW64")) && !bytes.HasPrefix(byts, []byte("MSYS2")) {
+		} else if !bytes.HasPrefix(byts, []byte("MINGW64")) && !bytes.HasPrefix(byts, []byte("MSYS2")) && !bytes.HasPrefix(byts, ["MSYS_NT"]) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("This has to be run in a MSYS or MinGW64 shell, uname output: %v", string(byts))
 		}
 	case "linux":