diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d6cd3136b36..6089a620eaf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1129,6 +1129,21 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   endif
 endif
 
+if get_option('sse2') and host_machine.system() == 'windows' and host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86' and cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
+  # These settings make generated MinGW code match MSVC and follow
+  # GCC advice on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FloatingPointMath#x86note
+  #
+  # NOTE: We need to ensure stack is realigned given that we
+  # produce shared objects, and have no control over the stack
+  # alignment policy of the application. Therefore we need
+  # -mstackrealign or -mincoming-stack-boundary=2.
+  #
+  # XXX: We could have SSE without -mstackrealign if we always used
+  # __attribute__((force_align_arg_pointer)), but that's not
+  # always the case.
+  c_args += ['-msse', '-msse2', '-mfpmath=sse', '-mstackrealign']
+endif
+
 if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86') and cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
   pre_args += '-DUSE_SSE41'
   with_sse41 = true
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8bc3a228f25..949d7d39774 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -441,3 +441,9 @@ option(
   value : 'auto',
   description : 'Use ZSTD instead of ZLIB in some cases.'
 )
+option(
+  'sse2',
+  type : 'boolean',
+  value : true,
+  description : 'use msse2 flag for mingw x86. Default: true',
+)