diff --git a/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk b/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
index fdbe22cda6..49a584e462 100644
--- a/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ $(package)_version=2.0.20180203
 $(package)_download_path=https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=90dda8c7563ca6cd4a83e23b3c66dbbea89603a1675bfdb852897c2c9cc220b7
+$(package)_patches=dont_use_wingen.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_build_opts=CC="$($(package)_cc)"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ endef
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   mkdir dll && \
   sed -e 's|MINIUPNPC_VERSION_STRING \"version\"|MINIUPNPC_VERSION_STRING \"$($(package)_version)\"|' -e 's|OS/version|$(host)|' miniupnpcstrings.h.in > miniupnpcstrings.h && \
-  sed -i.old "s|miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in wingenminiupnpcstrings|miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in|" Makefile.mingw
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/dont_use_wingen.patch
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
diff --git a/depends/patches/miniupnpc/dont_use_wingen.patch b/depends/patches/miniupnpc/dont_use_wingen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1cc9b50d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/miniupnpc/dont_use_wingen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+commit e8077044df239bcf0d9e9980b0e1afb9f1f5c446
+Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
+Date:   Tue Aug 18 20:50:19 2020 +0800
+
+    Don't use wingenminiupnpcstrings when generating miniupnpcstrings.h
+
+    The wingenminiupnpcstrings tool is used on Windows to generate version
+    information. This information is irrelevant for us, and trying to use
+    wingenminiupnpcstrings would cause builds to fail, so just don't use it.
+
+    We should be able to drop this once we are using 2.1 or later. See
+    upstream commit: 9663c55c61408fdcc39a82987d2243f816b22932.
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.mingw b/Makefile.mingw
+index 574720e..fcc17bb 100644
+--- a/Makefile.mingw
++++ b/Makefile.mingw
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ wingenminiupnpcstrings:	wingenminiupnpcstrings.o
+
+ wingenminiupnpcstrings.o:	wingenminiupnpcstrings.c
+
+-miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in wingenminiupnpcstrings
++miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in
+ 	wingenminiupnpcstrings $< $@
+
+ minixml.o:	minixml.c minixml.h