For the language bindings for the R programming language (RMySQL) I am building mariadb-connector-c-2.3.2 on Windows using the mingw-w64 compiler. Our mingw-w64 compilers have been configured with pthreads support (same as msys2): - i686-493-posix-dwarf-rt_v3-s for win32 - x86_64-493-posix-seh-rt_v3-s for win64 Building libmariadbclient succeeds, however when I try to link the static library into the application I get these errors: C:/Rtools/mingw_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libpthread.a(libwinpthread_la-cond.o):cond.c:(.text+0x300): multiple definition of `pthread_cond_init' libmariadbclient.a(my_pthread.c.obj):my_pthread.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here Same error for 'pthread_cond_destroy', 'pthread_cond_wait', and 'pthread_cond_timedwait'. From the source code of my_pthread.c it seems that mariadb-connector-c is indeed redefining these functions on _WIN32. I guess this assumes MSVC which does not have native pthreads? Some questions: 1. What would be the correct way to configure/build mariadb-connector-c on mingw-w64 with native pthread support? 2. Is there a cmake option to disable threading alltogether? Thank you