diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
index e6ad32fb028..318e7bcbef1 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Project {
             var libs = [];
             if (qbs.targetOS.contains("windows")) {
                 libs.push("user32", "iphlpapi", "ws2_32", "shell32", "ole32");
+                if (qbs.toolchainType === "mingw")
+                    libs.push("uuid");
             } else if (qbs.targetOS.contains("unix")) {
                 if (!qbs.targetOS.contains("macos"))
                     libs.push("X11");