+### Windows
+
+Mandelwow depends on [libxm](https://github.com/nukep/libxm-rs) and [SDL2](https://github.com/AngryLawyer/rust-sdl2) for sound.
+Both are tricky to build using Rust's MSVC toolchain because they assume GCC, so I recommend using the GNU toolchain instead.
+I followed these steps to build a native Windows binary:
+
+* Install Cargo via [rustup](https://www.rustup.rs).
+* Install mingw-w64. The [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) installer provides the basic shell environment and the package manager.
+* From the MSYS2 console, install the W64 native toolchain and libSDL2:
+ ```
+ pacman -Sy
+ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2
+ ```
+* While you're at it, you may also want to install the git package: `pacman -S git`
+* I had to manually add the mingw-w64 toolchain to your path:
+ ```
+ export PATH="/mingw64/bin:$PATH"
+ export LIBRARY_PATH=/mingw64/lib
+ ```
+* In case `cargo` and `rustup` aren't in the shell path, add `$USERPROFILE/.cargo/bin` too.
+* Next, install the Rust toolchain targeting GCC:
+ ```
+ rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+ rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+ ```
+* Now you can proceed to mandelwow's source tree and build a native Windows binary without further hassles:
+ ```
+ cargo run --release
+ ```
+