diff --git a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
index a7d1952..8a817a5 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ is one of `host' or `target'."
                                           "--enable-deterministic-archives"))
                           (strip-directories ''("lib" "lib64" "libexec"
                                                 "bin" "sbin"))
-                          (validate-runpath? #t)
+                          (validate-runpath? (not (mingw-target? target)))
                           (phases '%standard-phases)
                           (locale "en_US.utf8")
                           (system (%current-system))