From 5ecd402811e1c36c596aed3b3eb4b2f414e9ac3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenSauce04 <opensauce04@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 12:03:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Explicitly use `gcc-ar` instead of `ar` for MXE builds

---
 CMakeLists.txt                | 5 +++++
 src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bfebe132..42664571b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "iOS")
     enable_language(OBJC OBJCXX)
 endif()
 
+if (CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND MINGW)
+    string(TOLOWER ${LIBTYPE} LIBTYPE_LOWER)
+    set(CMAKE_AR x86_64-w64-mingw32.${LIBTYPE_LOWER}-gcc-ar)
+endif()
+
 if (BSD STREQUAL "OpenBSD")
     add_link_options(-z wxneeded)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt b/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
index baffd0639..a2398b5d6 100644
--- a/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if (APPLE)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND WIN32 AND MINGW)
+if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND MINGW)
     # TODO: Do this for all executables, not just citra_meta
     # TODO: Don't hardcode MXE directory to root?
     set(dllwalker_command "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/dllwalker/dllwalker.rb"