diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb65a116..757d4cb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ libespeak-ng.so*
 
 # programs
 
-platforms/*/espeak-phoneme-data
+*.exe
+
 src/espeak-ng
 src/espeakedit
 src/speak-ng
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5f45fcb..0a612ae3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   - [Audio Output Configuration](#audio-output-configuration)
   - [eSpeak NG Feature Configuration](#espeak-ng-feature-configuration)
   - [Extended Dictionary Configuration](#extended-dictionary-configuration)
+  - [Cross-Compiling For Windows](#cross-compiling-for-windows)
 - [Testing](#testing)
 - [Installing](#installing)
 - [Building Voices](#building-voices)
@@ -46,6 +47,13 @@ Optionally, you need:
 | pulseaudio    | `sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev`                              |
 | portaudio     | `sudo apt-get install libportaudio-dev`                          |
 
+Cross-compiling for windows:
+
+| Dependency              | Install                                                |
+|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
+| 32-bit Windows compiler | `sudo apt-get install mingw-w64-i686-dev`              |
+| 64-bit Windows compiler | `sudo apt-get install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev`            |
+
 ## Building
 
 The `espeak-ng` and `speak-ng` programs, along with the espeak-ng voices, can
@@ -96,6 +104,27 @@ The extended dictionaries are taken from
 provide better coverage for those languages, while increasing the resulting
 dictionary size.
 
+### Cross-Compiling For Windows
+
+To prepare the build, run:
+
+	./autogen.sh
+	export ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes
+	export ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes
+
+To build the 32-bit Windows executable, run:
+
+	./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --with-mbrola=no --with-async=no
+	make
+
+To build the 64-bit Windows executable, run:
+
+	./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --with-mbrola=no --with-async=no
+	make
+
+__NOTE:__ This currently fails to build `espeak-ng.exe`, but does build
+`speak-ng.exe`.
+
 ## Testing
 
 Before installing, you can test the built espeak-ng using the following command: