diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MinGW.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MinGW.h
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MinGW.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MinGW.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 
   void printVerboseInfo(raw_ostream &OS) const override;
 
+  unsigned GetDefaultDwarfVersion() const override { return 4; }
+
 protected:
   Tool *getTool(Action::ActionClass AC) const override;
   Tool *buildLinker() const override;
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 //     Explicitly request both.
 // RUN: %clang -target i686-pc-windows-msvc -gdwarf -gcodeview -S -emit-llvm -o - %s \
 // RUN:     | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=VER4,CODEVIEW
+
+// Check what version of dwarf is used for MinGW targets.
+// RUN: %clang -target i686-pc-windows-gnu -g -S -emit-llvm -o - %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=VER4
+
 // RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -g -S -emit-llvm -o - %s | \
 // RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefix=VER3
 // RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -gdwarf-2 -S -emit-llvm -o - %s | \