diff --git a/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh b/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
index dd5f7ddb4..b2a684b3e 100755
--- a/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
+++ b/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ try cd "${workdir}"
 ls -lisa src/bin
 ls bin
 # See https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1216
-export MSYSTEM=winsymlinks:lnk
+export MSYSTEM=winsymlinks:native
 
 OUTPUT=${workdir}/etherpad-win.zip