diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 58db9cc356d3f9..a90acb0cd7b12b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1594,8 +1594,12 @@ static pid_t mingw_spawnve_fd(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **deltaen
 			      int fhin, int fhout, int fherr)
 {
 	static int atexit_handler_initialized;
-	STARTUPINFOW si;
+	STARTUPINFOEXW si;
 	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+	LPPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST attr_list = NULL;
+	HANDLE stdhandles[3];
+	DWORD stdhandles_count = 0;
+	SIZE_T size;
 	struct strbuf args;
 	wchar_t wcmd[MAX_PATH], wdir[MAX_PATH], *wargs, *wenvblk = NULL;
 	unsigned flags = CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
@@ -1643,11 +1647,19 @@ static pid_t mingw_spawnve_fd(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **deltaen
 		CloseHandle(cons);
 	}
 	memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
-	si.cb = sizeof(si);
-	si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
-	si.hStdInput = winansi_get_osfhandle(fhin);
-	si.hStdOutput = winansi_get_osfhandle(fhout);
-	si.hStdError = winansi_get_osfhandle(fherr);
+	si.StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(si);
+	si.StartupInfo.hStdInput = winansi_get_osfhandle(fhin);
+	si.StartupInfo.hStdOutput = winansi_get_osfhandle(fhout);
+	si.StartupInfo.hStdError = winansi_get_osfhandle(fherr);
+
+	if (si.StartupInfo.hStdInput != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		stdhandles[stdhandles_count++] = si.StartupInfo.hStdInput;
+	if (si.StartupInfo.hStdOutput != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		stdhandles[stdhandles_count++] = si.StartupInfo.hStdOutput;
+	if (si.StartupInfo.hStdError != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		stdhandles[stdhandles_count++] = si.StartupInfo.hStdError;
+	if (stdhandles_count)
+		si.StartupInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
 
 	/* executables and the current directory don't support long paths */
 	if (*argv && !strcmp(cmd, *argv))
@@ -1706,8 +1718,30 @@ static pid_t mingw_spawnve_fd(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **deltaen
 	wenvblk = make_environment_block(deltaenv);
 
 	memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
-	ret = CreateProcessW(*wcmd ? wcmd : NULL, wargs, NULL, NULL, TRUE,
-		flags, wenvblk, dir ? wdir : NULL, &si, &pi);
+	if (stdhandles_count &&
+	    (InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(NULL, 1, 0, &size) ||
+	     GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) &&
+	    (attr_list = (LPPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST)
+			(HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, size))) &&
+	    InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(attr_list, 1, 0, &size) &&
+	    UpdateProcThreadAttribute(attr_list, 0,
+				      PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE_LIST,
+				      stdhandles,
+				      stdhandles_count * sizeof(HANDLE),
+				      NULL, NULL)) {
+		si.lpAttributeList = attr_list;
+		flags |= EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT;
+	}
+
+	ret = CreateProcessW(*wcmd ? wcmd : NULL, wargs, NULL, NULL,
+			     stdhandles_count ? TRUE : FALSE,
+			     flags, wenvblk, dir ? wdir : NULL,
+			     &si.StartupInfo, &pi);
+
+	if (si.lpAttributeList)
+		DeleteProcThreadAttributeList(si.lpAttributeList);
+	if (attr_list)
+		HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, attr_list);
 
 	free(wenvblk);
 	free(wargs);
diff --git a/t/t0061-run-command.sh b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
index 5b66135f69d241..74f125d680a119 100755
--- a/t/t0061-run-command.sh
+++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cat >hello-script <<-EOF
 EOF
 >empty
 
-test_expect_failure MINGW 'subprocess inherits only std handles' '
+test_expect_success MINGW 'subprocess inherits only std handles' '
 	test-run-command inherited-handle
 '