diff --git a/README.MinGW b/README.MinGW
index 77fed5c5e..9538d3363 100644
--- a/README.MinGW
+++ b/README.MinGW
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ directory.
 
 NOTE TO DEVELOPERS: there may be problems with configure scripts generated by
 the MinGW/MSYS versions of autoconf.  The script will appear to run correctly
-but generates incorrect mercury_conf.h files.  A workaround is to use the
-Cygwin version of autoconf to generate the configure script.
+but generates incorrect mercury_conf.h files.  A working version of autoconf
+is available here:
+    <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/autoconf2.5-2.61-1-bin.tar.bz2>
 
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