diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index ec1b0df3..68fbace3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions.
   * Trevor Martin [https://github.com/trelemar]
   * 8_BIT-DEV [https://github.com/8-BIT-DEV]
   * catsanddo [https://github.com/catsanddo]
+  * Kaspar Martin Suursalu [https://github.com/Kasparsu]
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b1c099d8..d1e28720 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ char* resolveEntryPath(ENGINE* engine, char* entryArgument, bool autoResolve) {
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+  if(!GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)) {
+    if (AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS)) { 
+      freopen("CONOUT$","wb",stdout);
+      freopen("CONOUT$","wb",stderr);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
   // configuring the buffer has to be first
 
   setbuf(stdout, NULL);