diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilder.cpp b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilder.cpp
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilder.cpp
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilder.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@
 CMakeBuilder::CMakeBuilder(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &)
     : KDevelop::IPlugin(QStringLiteral("kdevcmakebuilder"), parent)
 {
-    addBuilder(QStringLiteral("Makefile"), QStringList(QStringLiteral("Unix Makefiles")) << QStringLiteral("NMake Makefiles"), core()->pluginController()->pluginForExtension(QStringLiteral("org.kdevelop.IMakeBuilder")));
+    addBuilder(QStringLiteral("Makefile"), QStringList(QStringLiteral("Unix Makefiles"))
+                                                    << QStringLiteral("NMake Makefiles")
+                                                    << QStringLiteral("MinGW Makefiles"),
+               core()->pluginController()->pluginForExtension(QStringLiteral("org.kdevelop.IMakeBuilder")));
     addBuilder(QStringLiteral("build.ninja"), QStringList(QStringLiteral("Ninja")), core()->pluginController()->pluginForExtension(QStringLiteral("org.kdevelop.IProjectBuilder"), QStringLiteral("KDevNinjaBuilder")));
 }
 
diff --git a/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakeutils.cpp b/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakeutils.cpp
--- a/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakeutils.cpp
+++ b/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakeutils.cpp
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     // Visual Studio solution is the standard generator under windows, but we don't want to use
     // the VS IDE, so we need nmake makefiles
-    generatorNames << "NMake Makefiles";
+    generatorNames << QStringLiteral("NMake Makefiles") << QStringLiteral("MinGW Makefiles");
 #endif
     generatorNames << QStringLiteral("Unix Makefiles");