diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index 001c555fd..ea25b8b01 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-09-13  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* g10.c (main) [__MINGW32__]: Activate oLoadExtension.
+
 2002-09-12  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* keyserver.c (keyserver_spawn): Remove whitespace after keyserver
diff --git a/g10/g10.c b/g10/g10.c
index 8206d641e..7beb5ae03 100644
--- a/g10/g10.c
+++ b/g10/g10.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	  case oAlwaysTrust: opt.always_trust = 1; break;
 	  case oLoadExtension:
 #ifndef __riscos__
-#ifdef USE_DYNAMIC_LINKING
+#if defined(USE_DYNAMIC_LINKING) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 	    if(check_permissions(pargs.r.ret_str,2))
 	      log_info(_("cipher extension \"%s\" not loaded due to "
 			 "unsafe permissions\n"),pargs.r.ret_str);