diff --git a/src/Make_ming.mak b/src/Make_ming.mak
index ca50d371dd1b8..1392d87d104ad 100644
--- a/src/Make_ming.mak
+++ b/src/Make_ming.mak
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ POSTSCRIPT=no
 # set to yes to enable OLE support
 OLE=no
 # Set the default $(WINVER) to make it work with pre-Win2k
+ifndef WINVER
 WINVER = 0x0400
+endif
 # Set to yes to enable Cscope support
 CSCOPE=yes
 # Set to yes to enable Netbeans support
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index df3717ab968b5..720e45a1afea8 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    500,
 /**/
     499,
 /**/