diff --git a/Packages/Geomview/changes.txt b/Packages/Geomview/changes.txt
index a190b8a66df..1bdee01ac29 100644
--- a/Packages/Geomview/changes.txt
+++ b/Packages/Geomview/changes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 CHANGES to the Geomview package.
 
+Ver 3.37 (14 January 2003)
+- Workaronund for MINGW compiler. The Geomview_stream.C file should not be compiled on Windows OS. 
+
 Ver 3.36 (8 January 2003)
 - Workaround for SunPRO.
 
diff --git a/Packages/Geomview/src/Geomview_stream.C b/Packages/Geomview/src/Geomview_stream.C
index 1e7e4f89d98..e13304bcf9a 100644
--- a/Packages/Geomview/src/Geomview_stream.C
+++ b/Packages/Geomview/src/Geomview_stream.C
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 // ============================================================================
 
 // Geomview doesn't work on M$ at the moment, so we don't compile this file.
-#if !defined(__BORLANDC__) && !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__MWERKS__)
+#if !defined(__BORLANDC__) && !defined(_MSC_VER) && \
+    !defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 
 #include <CGAL/basic.h>